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February  1979 


Brown 


Alumni  Monthly 


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Brown  Alumni  Monthly,  February  1979,  Vol.  79,  No.  5 


Editor 

Robert  M.  Rhodes 

Associate  Editors 

Debra  Shore 

John  F.  Barry,  Jr.  '50 

Editorial  Associate 

Janet  M.  Phillips  70 

Design  Consultant 

Kathryn  de  Boer 


Board  of  Editors 

Chairman 

James  E.  DuBois  '50 

Vice  Chairman 

Patricia  Simon  Schwadron  '72 

Barry  Beckham  '66 
Cornelia  D.  Dean  '69 
Peter  G.  Fradley '50 
John  J.  Monaghan  '55 
Stuart  C.  Sherman  '39 
Dr.  Sanford  W.  Udis  '41 
Roger  Vaughan  '59 
Elizabeth  Weed  '73  Ph.D. 


®  1979  by  Broum  Alumni  Monthly.  Published 
monthly,  except  January,  July,  and  August,  by 
Brown  University,  Providence,  R-I.  Printed  by 
The  Lane  Press,  Burlington,  Vt,  Editorial 
offices  are  in  Nicholson  House,  71  George  St., 
Providence,  R.I  112906   Member,  Council  for 
Advancement  and  Support  of  Educahon.  The 
Monthly  is  sent  to  all  fjrown  alumni.  Please 
allow  eight  weeks  for  changes-of-address. 


page  14 


page  24 


In  this  issue 


14    From  Babylon  to  Brown: 

The  Department  of  the  History  of  Mathematics 

The  story  of  Brown's  smallest  department  —  also,  perhaps,  its  most 
illustrious,  and  certainly  the  least  well-known.  For  over  thirty  years 
Professor  Otto  Neugebauer  and  his  fellow  scholars  have  deciphered 
thousands  of  cuneiform  tablets  and  probed  the  mysteries  of  ancient 
mathematics  and  astronomy. 

24    Waller  Feldman:  A  Retrospective 

The  Brozvn  Alumni  Monthly  wishes  to  invite  you  to  a  special  exhibit 
of  Walter  Feldman's  works,  a  retrospective  show  celebrating  his 
twenty-fifth  year  as  a  professor  of  art  at  Brown.  The  artist  will  be 
present  in  the  gallery  between  pages  26  and  29  to  comment  on  his 
works. 

30    Men  and  Women  on  Campus:  The  Educational  Implications  of 
Sex  Roles  in  Transition 

Brown  and  five  other  northeastern  colleges  and  universities  —  both 
coed  and  single-sex  institutions  —  have  embarked  on  an  extensive 
study  of  coeducation.  The  preliminary  findings  are  out  and  top 
administrators  from  thirty-three  colleges  met  at  Brown  last  December 
to  discuss  them. 


Departments 

2  Carrying  the  Mail 

8  Under  the  Elms 

13  Sports 

34  Alumni  Calendar 

36  The  Classes 

42  Profile:  Roger  Vaughan  '59 

46  Profile:  Cyrus  Hoffman  '62 

52  Deaths 

54  Point  of  View 


56    On  Stage 


page  30 


On  the  rover:  Circle  Grid  111.  1978  (51  Vi"  diameter)  by  Walter  Feldman. 
Collage,  acrx/lic,  canvas  on  masonite.  In  this  series  Feldman  has  used  a 
small  oxyacetylene  torch  to  burn  and  singe  and  color  the  canvas  lohich 
he  then  mounts  on  nuisontte.  "Paint  did  not  seem  appropriate  for  the 
notions  I  was  dealing  with, "  he  says.  "They  would  become  too  soft. " 


SUGAHgl^H  ENN 

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country  skiing  Inclusive  Plans  for  all  sports 
and  family.  Tel.  802-583-2301. 


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A  luxurious  way  to  escape.  True  colonial  at- 
mosphere. Impeccable  Jamaican  service; 
120  dedicated  staff  for  130  guests  Cuisine 
to  exacting  standards.  Two  beaches,  tennis, 
golf  and  all  water  sports. 


COLONYpCLUB 
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The  charm  and  elegance  of  an  unique  Ber- 
mudlan  cottage  colony.  Golf  and  tennis  at 
their  very  best.  Exquisite  cuisine  and 
memorable  service  to  round  out  the  finest 
Bermuda  has  to  offer. 

See  your  travel  agent  or 

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(212)371-1323 


MMH 

Edifice  complex 

Editor:  1  was  very  upset  to  read  about 
the  new  seven-point  plan  for  the  future  de- 
velopment of  the  Universitv's  physical  plant 
in  this  June's  issue  of  the  BAM.  It  seems 
campus  planning  experts  favor  impressive 
and  efficient  but  sterile  and  alienaring 
monoliths  at  the  expense  of  small  but  in- 
efficient buildings  and  trees.  The  Sciences 
Library  went  up  and  Angell  Hall,  with  its  ir- 
replaceable dome  and  planetarium,  went 
down.  If  the  planners  are  reallv  interested  in 
the  Universitv's  "open-space  pattern,"  thev 
should  concentrate  on  creating  more  small, 
enclosed,  human  green  spaces  like  the  weep- 
ing willow  tree  area  next  to  the  Lincoln  Field 
Building  or  parts  of  the  Pembroke  Campus 
made  charming  by  their  variety  of  architec- 
tural styles  and  materials  and,  most  impor- 
tantly, by  the  nourishing  presence  of  grass 
and  trees.  Two  new  "notable"  additions  to 
the  campus,  the  Bio-Medical  Center  and  the 
Sciences  Librarv,  are  notable  in  their  being 
notorious  examples  of  the  large  scale  edifice 
complex  most  designers  have.  Walking 
under  the  Bio-Med  Center  or  up  to  the  en- 
trance of  the  Sciences  Library  is  a  dehum- 
anizing experience.  To  wax  rhetorical,  as  an 
alumnus  writing  to  an  alumni  paper  should, 
the  values  of  our  liberal  arts  Universitv  are 
made  a  travestv  by  most  of  the  new  buildings 
on  campus.  I  am  not  questioning  the  need  for 
new  facilities  for  our  expanding  campus, 
only  the  design  of  them. 
DEE  MICHEL  '74 
Cambridge,  Mass. 

PS.  I  fear  for  Marston  Hall  with  its  glorious 
inner  lobby.  If  the  modern  languages  de- 
partments are  all  being  moved  to  the  Metcalf 
Labs,  does  that  mean  that  Marston  Hall  will 
be  "removed  from  the  University  building 
inventorv"  (I  mean,  be  torn  down)? 

'Us  affluentia' 

Editor:  As  usual,  the  BAM  is  great.  But  it 
was  ironic  to  compare  Steve  Cohen's  some- 
what desperate  arhcle  on  student  loan 
paybacks  ("Point  of  View")  with  the 
Mortimer  Berkowitz  demographics  market- 
ing advertisement  (page  47),  both  in  the 
November  issue. 

The  ad  gleefully  states  that  we  are 
"affluent,  as  you  might  expect,  in  ownership  of 
homes,  cars,  insurance,  investments  —  as 


well  as  in  other  statistics  of  travel,  hobbies, 
beverage  intake  ..."  Bei'eragc  intake? 

But  the  article  points  out  that  an  awful 
lot  of  us  are  apparently  going  bankrupt, 
which  — as  you  might  expect  —  obviously 
won't  be  too  attractive  to  prospective  real  es- 
tate dealers,  auto  salesmen,  insurance 
peddlers,  investment  brokers,  not  to  men- 
tion the  brewing  companies. 

Here  in  Washington,  the  banks  stopped 
giving  loans  to  college  students  when  the  de- 
fault rate  hit  an  incredible  33  percent.  So 
much  for  selfish  self-defeating  schemes.  Us 
affluentia  who  survive  on  deficit  spending 
need  an  answer,  but  default  is  hopefully  not 
it.  There  must  be  a  more  sensitive  way  to 
solve  our  Ivy  be-Leaguered  problems  with- 
out trampling  on  the  only  way  some  people 
can  get  to  school. 
BENJAMIN  WEISER  '76 
Washington,  D.C. 

The  writer,  a  reporter  for  the  Washington 
Post,  is  also  "paying  off  enormous  educational 
loans."  —  Editor 

WBRU's  professionalism 

Editor:  While  browsing  through  the 
November  issue  of  B/4M,  in  particular  the  ar- 
hcle entitled  "First  Impressions,"  I  was 
somewhat  taken  aback  by  a  small  and  seem- 
ingly insignificant  reference  to  radio  station 
WBRU.  A  student  states,  "I  wanted  to  join 
WBRU-FM  because  I'd  worked  as  a  deejay  in 
high  school,  but  1  discovered  that  it's  basi- 
cally a  professional  radio  station  that  exists  to 
make  money,  not  to  train  students."  How- 
ever brief  the  mention,  it  brings  to  light  some 
important  misconceptions  about  the  organi- 
zaHon. 

It  is  certainly  true  that  WBRU-FM  is  a 
professional  radio  station.  Although  located 
on  the  Brown  campus  and  staffed  by  student 
volunteers,  it  has  a  large  listening  audience 
of  people  in  Rhode  Island,  Massachusetts, 
and  Connecticut.  Our  sole  income  derives 
from  paid  commercial  advertisements,  which 
makes  us  more  "professional"  than  college 
stations  that  receive  funds  from  their  schools 
and  broadcast  only  to  students;  it  also  puts 
us  in  competition  with  area  stations  like 
WPRO  and  WAAF.  The  content  of  our  pro- 
gramming must  therefore  serve  the  needs  of 
this  wide  and  diverse  audience  that  we  at- 
tract. Yes,  we  are  professional. 

However,  it  is  highly  inaccurate  and  mis- 
leading to  assert  that  we  do  not  exist  to  train 


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students.  In  fact,  the  WBRU  training  pro- 
gram is  a  highly  developed  and  rigorous  one, 
to  assure  that  the  student  programmer  or 
news  person  on  the  air  is  capable  of  handling 
his/her  tasks  in  the  "professional"  manner 
concurrent  with  our  professional  status  in 
the  broadcasting  community.  The  fact  is  that 
WBRU's  first  and  foremost  responsibility  is 
to  exist  as  a  student  workshop  —  this  incor- 
porates a  vast  majority  of  students  who  have 
no  intention  of  pursuing  radio  as  a  career. 
Financing  is  indeed  a  concern  of  WBRU,  but 
training  has,  and  always  will,  come  first.  Pro- 
fessionalism and  training  need  not  be  mutu- 
ally exclusive,  as  the  student  suggested  in 
your  article.  In  BRU's  case,  they  are  both 
necessities. 
GLENN  STEWART  79 
Campus 

Vie  writer  is  program  director  of  WBRU. 
—  Editor 

An  appeal  for  help 

Editor:  Last  year  over  650,000  Americans 
died  from  heart  attacks.  Over  350,000  of 
these  persons  died  outside  of  hospitals,  in 
the  company  of  friends,  relatives,  or  un- 
known bystanders.  According  to  American 
Heart  Association  estimates,  at  least  half  of 
these  individuals  could  have  been  saved,  if 
those  present  at  the  scene  had  been  trained 
in  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation  —  CPR  — 
and  had  initiated  it  immediately  after  the 
victim  collapsed  in  cardiac  arrest. 

CPR  is  a  technique  which  combines  ex- 
ternal compressions  of  the  heart  with 
mouth-to-mouth  ventilations,  in  order  to 
maintain  circulation  of  blood  and  oxygen 
through  the  body  of  an  individual  whose 
heart  and  lungs  have  ceased  functioning. 
Initiated  promptly  and  performed  correctly, 
CPR  delays  the  onset  of  brain  damage,  thus 
sustaining  the  heart  attack  victim  —  or  victim 
of  drowning,  electrocution,  choking,  or  suf- 
focation —  until  he  can  be  treated  by  more 
advanced  medical  procedures. 

Since  the  technique  was  standardized  in 
1973,  more  than  11  million  Americans  have 
received  training  in  CPR,  saving  numerous 
lives. 

One  of  the  factors  critical  to  the  efficacy 
of  CPR  is  the  promptness  with  which  it  is 
initiated,  after  the  victim's  heartbeat  ceases. 
The  victim's  chances  for  survival  are  dramat- 
ically compromised  by  seconds  if  he  must 
wait  for  the  arrival  of  an  ambulance  or  rescue 


Villa  Banfi.  12  superb  wines  whose  time  has  come.  Labeled 
"Naturally  Pure"  because  they  are  pure  and  natural.  Don't  take 
these  words  lighdy.  They  are  behind  the  excellent  quality  in 
every  botde  of  Villa  Banfi. 

Chianti  Classico  Riserva  •  Frascati  Superiore  •  Bardolino, 
Valpolicella  and  Soave  Classico  Superiore  •  Inferno  •  Or\deto 
Classicos  •  Verdicchio  di  Jesi  •  Roman  Red,  White  and  Rose. 

Villa  Banfi 

When  it  pours,  it  reigns. 

©  1977  The  House  o(  Banfi, Farmingdale.N.Y.. Fine  Wine  Merehanis  Siiuc  1^19 


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Brown  Alumni  Monthly 
Columbia,  and  Harvard 
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Group  of  Alumni  Magazines. 


V_^irCUlaLlOn  of  this  prestigious  group  now  totals 
420,000,  making  it  a  most  competitive  entry  in  the  magazine 
advertising  field  —  based  on  its  top-flight  demographics  and 
remarkable  costper-thousand  efficiency. 

ilQltOriaily ,  the  ivy  Group  has  always  been  outstand- 
ing, offering  articles  and  features  by  leading  authorities  (usually 
alumni)  in  science,  the  arts,  education,  current  affairs,  literature, 
sports,  often  unavailable  to  other  magazines.  Multiply  the  quality 
of  this  magazine  by  eight  to  get  an  idea  of  the  Ivy  Groups  total 
editorial  calibre. 

Demographics.  100%  coHege-educated,  to  start 
with.  More  than  50%  have  a  master's  degree  or  a  doctorate. 
Comparable  in  median  income  ($34,746)  to  the  best  of  the  class 
magazines  or  newsweeklies.  82%  are  $15,000  -I- ;  64%  are 
$25,000  +.  Affluent,  as  you  might  expect,  in  ownership  of 
homes,  cars,  insurance,  investments  —  as  well  as  in  other 
statistics  of  travel,  hobbies,  beverage  intake. 

Most  important,  these  420,000  men  and  women  will  be  seeing 
your  advertising  in  the  friendly,  familiar,  thumbed-through, 
awaited  atmosphere  of  their  own  alumni  magazines.  (88%  report 
reading  3  of  last  4  issues;  nearly  80%  4  of  last  4). 

For  rates,  closing  dates,  subscriber  research,  full  details,  call 
or  write  the  Ivy  Group's  national  advertising  sales  representatives 

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team  to  receive  basic  life  support  CPR.  As 
more  citizens  learn  CPR,  the  likelihood  of 
having  a  trained  rescuer  near  the  emergency 
scene  increases.  As  responsible  individuals, 
therefore,  we  owe  it  to  our  families,  neigh- 
bors, and  fellow  citizens  to  learn  the  skills 
that  may  someday  save  a  life.  Brown  Uni- 
versity, as  an  institution  dedicated  to  the  ed- 
ucation of  tomorrow's  leaders,  ought  to  set 
an  example  by  assuming  an  active  role  in 
promoting  basic  life  support  training. 

The  Emergency  Medical  Services  Corps 
is  a  new  student  organization,  whose  goal  is 
to  provide  the  Brown  community  with  in- 
formation and  training  in  emergency  medical 
care,  and  to  reach  as  many  students,  faculty, 
and  staff  as  possible  with  this  vital  knowl- 
edge. So  far  we  have  met  with  considerable 
enthusiasm  from  the  student  body.  A  first 
group  of  student  volunteers  has  been  cer- 
tified by  the  American  Red  Cross  as  CPR  in- 
structors. Several  hundred  students  have 
indicated  their  interest  in  learning  this  skill, 
and  many  others  have  expressed  the  desire 
to  receive  more  extensive  first-aid  training. 

To  date,  our  only  major  obstacle  has 
been  a  financial  one.  CPR  is  a  relatively  sim- 
ple technique,  which  can  be  mastered  in  a 
few  hours.  However,  manikin  practice  under 
instructor  supervision  is  required  to  achieve 
and  maintain  proficiency  in  the  psychomotor 
skills.  Unfortunately,  training  manikins  are 
expensive  purchases.  The  Undergraduate 
Council  of  Students  has  allocated  $450  for  the 
purchase  of  our  one  "Resusci-Anne"  mani- 
kin, without  which  we  could  not  have  begun 
our  training  program.  As  long  as  we  must 
rely  on  only  one  manikin,  however,  we  are 
severely  limited  in  the  number  of  students 
we  can  train,  and  we  will  never  come  close  to 
our  goal  of  making  basic  life  support  training 
campus-wide,  to  all  those  who  are  in- 
terested. 

Thus  we  are  appealing  to  the  friends  and 
alumni  of  Brown.  Your  commitment  to  main- 
tain the  University's  work  and  reputation  as 
a  forward-looking  institution,  the  training 
ground  of  responsible  citizens,  has  always 
been  evident.  Please  support  our  efforts  to 
provide  information  and  training  in 
emergency  skills  to  the  campus  community. 
We  need  your  contribution  to  continue. 

Please  address  all  correspondence  and 
contributions  to:  Emergency  Medical  Serv- 
ices Corps,  P.O.  Box  1930,  Brown  University, 
Providence,  R.I.  02912. 
JENNIFER  YOLLES  '79 
OLIVER  BATSON  '80 
KEITH  BEHNKE  '81 
MARGARET  SCHENCK  '81 
JASON  BERSTEIN  '80 
Campus 

Attention,  Mr.  Mould 

Editor:  We'd  like  to  extend  an  apology 
and  an  explanation  to  Mr.  Mould  (Carrying 
the  Mail,  BAM,  October]  for  failing  to  supply 
him  with  the  information  he  wanted  last 
summer.  The  reference  librarian  found  the 


Maupintour's 
Egypt-The  Nile 


Middle 


High  quality  escorted  tours.  In-depth 
sightseeing,  the  right  hotels,  most 
meals,  entertainments,  limited  size. 
We  help  you  enjoy  your  holiday. 

EGYPT/THE  NILE 

Be  sure,  secure  in  Egypt.  Maupintour 
includes  everything!  We  offer  9,  15 
and  17  day  tours  to  Egypt  exclusively. 
Some  feature  a  4  day  Nile  cruise. 
Weekly  departures  year  'round. 

THE  NILE  CRUISE 

One  of  the  world's  great  travel  ad- 
ventures! 17  day  tour,  including  a  12 
day  cruise  along  the  Nile  between 
Aswan  and  Cairo.   Abu  Simbel,  too! 

THE  MIDDLE  EAST 

Comprehensive  coverage  of  Egypt, 
Syria,  Jordan,  Israel.  Recommend- 
ed to  those  who  want  in-depth  tour- 
ing to  the  Middle  East.   22  days. 

GREECE  AND  EGYPT 

Glories  of  the  ancient  Greeks  and 
mysteries  of.  the  Pharaohs,  com- 
bined wit;i  a  4  day  Aegean  Sea 
cruise  to  Mykonos,  Ephesus,  Patmos, 
Rhodes,  Crete  and  Santorini.  15  days. 

THE  SUDAN  AND  EGYPT 

See  the  exotic  Sudan's  Khartoum  and 
Omdurman  made  legendary  a  century 
ago  by  General  Gordon,  Lord  Kitch- 
ener, and  the  fanatic  Mahdi  plus  danc- 
ing Dervish,  camel  markets,  Nile  sail, 
Cairo,  the  Pyramids,  Sphinx,  Memphis, 
Luxor,  Aswan,  Abu  Simbel,  Geneva. 

ANCIENT  CIVILIZATIONS 

See  renowned  treasures  of  three  great 
civilizations.  Three  days  each  in  Cai- 
ro and  Athens,  the  Oracle  of  Apollo  at 
Delphi,  three  day  Aegean  cruise,  four 
finale  days  in  glorious  Rome. 

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colors  of  James  Madison  University  (purple 
and  gold)  minutes  after  he  had  left  the  desk. 
A  searc±i  through  the  library  was  unsuccess- 
ful; we  didn't  have  his  name  but  called  and 
asked  the  secretary  at  Maddock  Center  to 
post  a  message  to  "the  gentleman  who  ..." 
Apparently  the  message  never  reached  its 
destination.  Our  apologies. 
ELIZABETH  HUNT  SCHUMANN  '40 
Campus 

The  writer  is  reference  librarian  at  the  Rock- 
efeller Library.  —  Editor 

Caring  physicians 

Editor:  Your  article  on  the  family 
medicine  program  at  Pawtucket  | Under  the 
Elms,  BAM,  November]  was  well  written  and 
emphasizes  the  need  for  primary-care  phy- 
sicians in  today's  society. 

I  object,  however,  to  the  caption  on  the 
picture.  Any  physician  may  "care  about 
people"  whether  he  be  a  primary  care  physi- 


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Providence 

The  writer  is  assistant  clinical  professor  of 
medicine  at  Brown.  T)ie  inference  he  suggests  is  in 
the  caption  was  certainly  not  intended.  —  Editor 

Ultralibs 

Editor:  I  was  disappointed  but  not  sur- 
prised to  note  that  Brown's  recent  graduating 
class  entertained  Mr.  Paul  VVamke,  one  of 
the  ultralib  establishment  members  devoted 
to  making  the  United  States  an  evermore  dis- 
tant second  in  terms  of  world  power.  When 
do  you  plan  to  give  General  Singlaub  equal 
time? 

Looking  forward  to  the  defeat  of  VVarn- 
ke's  SALT  sell-out,  I  remain 
JOHN  N.  McCAMISH,  JR    63 
San  Antonio,  Texas 

Paul  Warnke  tvas  invited  by  the  University, 
not  students,  to  speak  at  the  Opening  Convocation 
last  fall.  —  Editor 


'It  all  began  at  Brown' 

Editor:  From  the  vantage  point  of  forty- 
two  years  out  of  Brown,  1  have  often  read  the 
Alumni  Monthly,  as  I  am  sure  my  fellow 
alumni/alumnae  have,  with  a  sense  of  envy. 
"That  course  sounds  interesting!  Wish  I  were 
taking  it."  Or  "That  professor  seems  out- 
standing. Like  to  meet  him/her." 

And  yet  there  is  often  at  the  same  time 
that  sense  of  renewed  confidence  in  a  Brown 
education  I  have  known  for  over  four  dec- 
ades. For  the  sound  fundamentals  of  a  good 
liberal  arts  background  my  alma  mater  sel- 
dom failed  me.  I  have  been  there  before. 

It  was  with  this  feeling  o( deja  im  that  I 
read  Debra  Shore's  excellent  piece  on  Hyatt 
Waggoner  and  his  course  on  William  Faulk- 
ner. I'd  love  to  take  his  course.  But  at  the 
same  time  I  can  say  that  when  it  comes  to 
Faulkner,  Brown  got  to  me  early. 

Faulkner  was  just  a  name  to  me  when  I 
audited  a  course  in  the  Contemporan'  Novel 
given  by  I.  J.  Kapstein  in  1936.  He  gave  us  a 
formidable  reading  list  and  suggested  wist- 
fully that  we  should  keep  it  and  complete  it 
after  graduation.  Some  of  us  did.  He  told  us 
about  T^if  Sound  and  the  Fury  and  advised 
reading  the  last  sechon  first  if  we  found  it  in- 
comprehensible. He  discussed  As  1  Lay  Dying 
and  Sanctuary. 

And  so  I  started  to  learn  about  Faulkner 
at  a  time  when  he  was  largely  neglected.  Mv 
interest  climbed  to  fever  pitch  when  I  took  a 
graduate  seminar  with  S.  Foster  Damon  on 
The  Structure  of  the  Novel.  Damon  had 
some  wacky  ideas,  one  of  which  was  that 
every  great  work  of  literature  could  be  re- 
duced to  one  cogent  sentence  that  sum- 
marized the  theme.  The  symbolism  of  "S  and 


F"  delighted  him.  He  found  left,  as  opposed 
to  right,  symbolic  of  death  and  when  Quen- 
tin  first  sat  on  the  left  for  a  trolley-car  ride 
and  on  a  later  trip  stood  up  because  all  the 
seats  on  the  left  were  occupied,  it  was  be- 
cause he  was  en  route  to  suicide.  At  the  end 
of  the  novel,  when  Benjy  refused  to  pass  to 
the  left  of  the  monument,  it  gave  Damon  his 
one-sentence  thematic  capsulation  of  the 
novel:  "The  Sound  and  the  Fury  is  a  tale  told  by 
an  idiot  and  only  an  idiot  would  prefer  life  to 
death." 

In  time  I  came  to  realize  that  Damon  was 
all  alone  in  right  field  on  this  interpretation, 
but  it  is  impossible  to  convey  the  intellectual 
excitement  the  man  could  create  in  his  stu- 
dents. I  could  hardly  wait  for  the  next  semi- 
nar each  week. 

From  Kapstein  and  Damon  I  went  on  to 
a  self-education  in  Faulkner  and  a  complete 
appreciation  of  the  man  long  before  the 
Nobel  Prize  committee  picked  him.  Now  at 
sixty-two  I  find  myself  comfortable  in  any 
discussion  of  Faulkner  —  I  can  not  only  par- 
ticipate, I  can  contribute. 


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ALVIN  V.  SIZER  '36 
North  Haven,  Ccnn. 

Vie  writer  is  managing  editor  of  the  New 
Haven  Register.  —  Editor 

Money,  money,  money 

Editor:  I  was  somewhat  amused  when  in 
the  same  week  1  received  the  October  BAM 
with  its  (admittedly  delightful)  four-color 
cover  and  a  letter  asking  for  a  $10  contribu- 
tion next  year.  I  haven't  contributed  in  the 
past  two  years  and  haven't  decided  about 
this  year,  but  what  comes  next  —  $25  and  a 
centerfold? 
ANDREW  GABRIEL  '76 
Pasadena,  Calif. 

Tlie  editor  replies:  For  the  first  time  ever,  the 
University  budget  for  1978-79  requires  that  the 
BAM  fnovide  $30,000  in  income  for  the  Univer- 
sit\/  operating  budget  —  in  effect,  decreasing  our 
budget  In/  $30,000.  The  voluntary  subscription 
income  for  the  past  three  years  -  which  has  never 
totaled  more  than  $16,000  per  year  -  has  paid  for 
the  ninth  issue  each  year.  Thus  zvc  were  being 
asked  this  year  to  raise  almost  $50,000,  of  which 
$30,000  would  go  into  the  University  operating 
budget  and  the  remainder  to  pay  for  our  ninth  is- 
sue. 

Based  on  our  prei'ious  experience,  the  Board 


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to  accept  paid  advertising  and  to  increase  our  re- 
quest for  voluntary  suprport  from  $4  to  $10.  Vie 
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it  must  maintain  both  the  quahty  and  the  fre- 
quency of  the  BAM. 

Now  about  that  centerfold  .  .  . 

'Political  prisoners' 

Editor:  Having  just  returned  from  a  trip 
funded  by  Providence  churches  and  the 
Board  of  Global  Ministries  of  the  United 
Methodist  Church,  I  have  become  more 
deeply  aware  of  the  limitations  on  basic 
human  rights  faced  by  citizens  of  United 
States  allied  countries.  Under  the  martial  law 
rule  of  President  Park  Chung  Hee,  South  Ko- 
reans are  unable  to  exercise  the  rights  of  free 
speech,  freedom  of  the  press,  or  in  any  way 
criticize  government  foreign  and  domestic 
policy.  One  victim  of  such  repression  is 
Brown  graduate  Paik  Nakchung  ('59). 

Paik  Nakchung  is  the  former  presi- 
dent of  a  Korean  publishing  firm  that  printed 
a  book  translated  by  former  professor 
Lee  Yong-kui.  The  book,  A  Dialogue  With 
800,000,000  People,  is  a  collection  of  Lee's 
translations  of  first-hand  accounts  of  trips  to 
the  People's  Republic  of  China  by  about 
twenty  Japanese  and  Western  scholars  and 
journalists.  The  authors  include  John  Ken- 


neth Calbraith,  Edgar  Snow,  Harrison  Salis- 
bury, and  Alain  Peyrefitte,  the  French  minis- 
ter of  justice.  In  November  of  1977  Mr.  Lee 
and  Mr.  Paik  were  taken  in  for  questioning 
and  charged  in  violation  of  South  Korea's 
anti-Communist  laws.  Mr.  Lee  and  Mr.  Paik 
have  been  sentenced  to  three-  and  one-year 
terms,  respectively.  Both  [cases]  will  be 
heard  by  a  higher  court  this  fall. 

I  am  asking  the  readers  of  BAM  to  write 
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political  prisoners  Paik  Nakchung  and  Lee 
Yong-kui. 

PAUL  ALLAN  CROMWELL  '78 
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APPOINTMENTS: 

Seiple  moves  to  the 
development  office  .  .  . 

When  the  word  got  out  that  a  press 
conference  had  been  scheduled  for  the 
morning  of  December  14  in  the  press 
lounge  at  Marvel  Gym,  the  rumors 
began  to  fly.  The  chief  "inside  story" 
was  that  Coach  John  Anderson  was 
leaving  to  accept  an  offer  from  a  major 
football  power. 

But  after  the  coffee  and  doughnuts 
had  been  consumed  and  the  strobe 
lights  for  the  TV  cameras  had  been 
turned  on  at  the  press  ct)nference,  the 
person  sitting  front  row  center  was  not 
John  Anderson  —  but  Bob  Seiple  '65. 
After  three  and  a  half  years  on  the  job, 
Seiple  was  there  to  announce  his  resig- 
nation and  his  decision  to  accept  the 
offer  to  become  associate  director  of  the 
major  capital  campaign  being  planned 
at  Brown.  Although  Charles  H.  Watts 
'47,  director  of  the  campaign,  has  not 
yet  disclosed  the  target  figure,  the 
drive,  known  as  the  Campaign  for 
Brown,  will  be  the  largest  fund-raising 
effort  in  the  Universit\''s  history'. 

Watts  said  that  Seiple  would  have 
"major  policy-making  responsibilities" 
in  the  planning  and  management  of  the 
capital  campaign  and  also  would  be  in 
charge  of  the  major-gifts  effort  and  of 
the  Brown  Fund.  Watts,  a  former  presi- 
dent of  Bucknell,  noted  that  the  Brown 
Fund  would  be  particularly  important  in 
the  campaign  because  of  the  decision  by 
the  trustees'  committee  on  development 
to  double  the  Fund's  goal  to  $14.6  mil- 
lion over  the  next  five  years  (see  story 
on  page  10). 

During  Seiple's  tenure  as  athletic 
director.  Brown's  sports  program  con- 
tinued to  prosper.  The  Bruins  had  two 
Ivy  titles  in  soccer  in  four  years  and  a 
fourth-place  finish  nationally  in  1977. 
Hockey  showed  one  lv>'  championship, 
two  seconds,  and  a  third  place  nation- 
ally. In  football  during  the  Seiple  era, 
the  record  showed  one  Ivy  crown  and 
three  second-place  finishes. 

While  acknowledging  success  in 

8 


Bob  Seiple  and  his  successor,  John  Party  (right). 

these  major  sports,  Seiple  said  that  his 
greatest  satisfaction  came  in  the  re- 
cruitment of  staff.  "I  was  very  pleased 
that  we  were  able  to  get  Joe  Mullaney  to 
run  our  basketball  program,"  he  said. 
"He's  one  of  the  nation's  outstanding 
coaches,  and  if  we  have  a  good  recruit- 
ing vear  or  two,  I  think  he  can  do  in 
basketball  what  John  Anderson  has 
done  in  football.  1  feel  the  same  way 
about  Bill  CuUen,  our  new  tennis  coach, 
and  Dave  Roach,  the  coach  of  women's 
swimming.  They  are  all  outstanding 
additions  to  our  athletic  staff,  and  I 
would  have  enjoyed  staying  with  them 
and  their  programs. 

"There  are  many  good  people  in 
athletics  today.  Great  human  beings. 
And  1  think  our  staff,  right  down  the 
line,  is  blessed  with  these  people.  When 
you  have  a  good  staff,  and  when  that 
staff  is  able  to  sell  Brown  as  this  staff  has 
done,  then  you  can  cover  a  multitude  of 
sins  —  such  as  modest  budgets.  And 
when  you  work  in  this  sort  of  environ- 
ment, you  don't  just  pick  up  and  leave 
without  having  some  regrets." 

Seiple  is  quick  to  give  credit  to  the 


University  administration  for  the  re- 
cent success  of  the  athletic  program. 
"Operating  under  three  presidents  and 
two  financial  vice  presidents,  1  never 
had  a  'no'  given  to  me  on  a  request,"  he 
said.  "When  you  have  this  support,  you 
can  do  things  other  colleges  are  not  able 
to  do." 

Richard  J.  Ramsden  '59,  vice  presi- 
dent for  administration  and  finance, 
feels  that  Seiple  earned  the  support  of 
the  administration.  "I  think  that  on  the 
athletic  field  Bob  probably  did  more 
with  less  than  anyone  in  the  league.  I 
also  think  he  got  as  big  a  bite  out  of  his 
budget  as  could  be  expected.  His  re- 
quests were  always  reasonable  and  well 
documented.  In  short,  Bob  Seiple  es- 
tablished fiscal  credibility  with  the  ad- 
ministration." 

There  was  one  goal  that  Seiple 
wasn't  able  to  achieve.  He  had  high 
hopes  of  seeing  a  hole  dug  at  Aldrich- 
Dexter  Field  for  the  student  recreation 
center.  Ironically,  he  may  be  able  to 
contribute  more  to  this  cause  in  his  new 
position  than  he  could  as  athletic  direc- 
tor. 1-B. 


.  .  .  and  Parry  becomes 
athletic  director 

The  nine-member  advisory  com- 
mittee for  an  athletic  director,  headed 
by  Bernard  V.  Buonanno,  Jr.  '60,  an 
alumni  trustee,  moved  quicidy.  On  De- 
cember 22  the  group  met  and  debated 
the  key  question:  do  you  hire  from 
within  or  do  you  conduct  a  nationwide 
search?  To  settle  the  question,  the 
committee  agreed  to  meet  on  January  3 
and  interview  each  of  Brown's  three  as- 
sociate athletic  directors  —  John  Parry 
'65,  Arlene  Gorton  '52,  and  Richard 
Sardella.  From  the  start,  President 
Swearer  took  a  personal  part  in  the 
selection  process,  meeting  privately 
with  each  candidate  and  then  talking  to 
all  of  Brown's  coaches  and  other  mem- 
bers of  the  athletic  department. 

"After  our  interviews  on  January  3, 
the  committee  came  away  with  the  feel- 
ing that  all  three  candidates  had  excel- 
lent qualifications  and  that  there  was 
absolutely  no  need  to  expand  the 
search,"  Buonanno  said.  "We  sat  with 
the  president  that  same  afternoon,  and 
the  dominant  feeling  was  that  Parry  was 
number  one." 

The  announcement  of  Parry's 
selection  came  two  days  later,  at  which 
hme  Mr.  Swearer  said:  "Brown's  ath- 
letic programs  have  fared  well  over  the 
last  several  years,  and  John's  appoint- 
ment should  provide  for  continuity  and 
a  smooth  transition.  With  his  experience 
as  associate  athletic  director,  he  has  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  Brown's  pro- 
grams and  personnel.  His  experience 
in  all  aspects  of  athletics,  his  well- 
developed  management  skills,  and  his 
ability  to  work  with  people  make  him 
highly  qualified  for  this  position." 

John  C.  Parry  IV  came  to  Brown 
from  Marcellus,  New  York,  and,  like  his 
predecessor.  Bob  Seiple,  was  a  brilliant 
athlete  during  his  college  days,  compet- 
ing in  football,  basketball,  and  lacrosse. 
He  was  one  of  the  finest  pass  receivers 
in  Brown  and  Ivy  League  history,  set- 
ting five  Brown  and  six  Ivy  records. 


Parry,  who  was  co-captain  of  the  1964 
Bruins,  was  a  two-time  All-Ivy  end  and 
was  first-team  All-East  and  honorable 
mention  All-American. 

After  graduation  from  Brown, 
Parry  attended  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania's  Wharton  School  of  Fi- 
nance and  Commerce,  receiving  his 
master's  degree  in  1967.  While  at  Whar- 
ton, he  was  assistant  manager  for  stu- 
dent employment  and  organized  a 
nationwide  alumni-aid  program  for  un- 
dergraduates. He  graduated  with  the 
"burning  desire"  to  own  and  operate 
his  own  company,  something  Parry 
terms  "a  typical  M.B.A.  attitude." 

After  spending  three  years  with 
IBM,  Parry  realized  his  Wharton  dream 
when  he  co-founded  and  became  vice 
president  of  Instant  Data,  Inc.,  a 
Philadelphia  firm  that  specialized  in  the 
design  and  implementation  of  on-line 
computer-based  admission,  student 
registration,  and  alumni  information 
systems. 

"We  took  over  a  one-quarter- 
million-dollar  firm  with  ten  employees 
and  turned  it  into  a  million-dollar  com- 
pany with  twenty-five  employees," 
Parry  says.  "Unfortunately,  our  firm 
was  undercapitalized,  and  when  the 
parent  company  went  into  bankruptcy 
in  1974,  it  took  its  eleven  subsidiaries 
with  it.  This  smashed  a  dream,  in  a 
sense,  but  on  the  other  hand,  if  the  firm 
had  been  saved,  I  wouldn't  be  athletic 
director  at  Brown  today." 

Parry  worked  briefly  for  the  Itel 
Corporation  in  Philadelphia  and  then 
was  appointed  assistant  athletic  director 
at  Brown  in  1975.  When  Bob  Seiple 
hired  Parry,  the  move  brought  together 
two  men  who  had  been  close  friends 
since  their  freshman  year.  They  were 
roommates  at  Brown,  teammates  on  the 
football  team  for  four  years,  and  frater- 
nity brothers.  After  graduation,  they 
both  hopped  a  steamer  and  took  a  trip 
to  Europe. 

"John  was  invaluable  in  the  new 
administrative  organization  of  the  ath- 
letic department,"  Seiple  says.  "He 


spearheaded  the  day-to-day  implemen- 
tation of  all  intercollegiate  programs  for 
both  men  and  women.  In  addition,  he 
was  an  excellent  sounding  board  for  me 
on  all  aspects  of  athletic  administration. 
I  value  his  judgments  and  will  continue 
to  solicit  them  in  the  future." 

The  thirty-five-year-old  Parry  ad- 
mits with  characteristic  frankness  that 
his  decision  in  1975  to  leave  the  business 
world  and  return  to  Brown  hurt  him 
financially.  "I  took  a  50-percent  cut  in 
salary  to  return  to  Brown,  which  really 
wasn't  fair  to  my  family.  [Parry  is  mar- 
ried to  Anne  Brodhead,  Penn  '67,  and 
they  have  two  daughters,  Alyson,  9, 
and  Jennifer,  7.]  It's  a  tribute  to  my  wife 
that  she  understood.  I  had  a  personal 
commitment  to  stay  for  three  to  five 
years,  at  which  point  I  hoped  to  become 
an  athletic  director,  not  necessarily 
at  Brown.  If  this  didn't  work  out,  I 
planned  to  go  back  to  business." 

As  might  be  expected  where  the 
athletic  director  and  the  assistant  had 
worked  so  closely  on  the  job,  Parry  sees 
little  change  in  the  school's  athletic 
program.  "The  changes  will  be  in  style, 
not  substance,"  he  says.  He  said  he  will 
continue  to  support  Brown's  commit- 
ment to  a  broad-based  athletic  program 
and  that  he  will  not  be  looking  for  any 
"loopholes"  in  Title  IX.  "We  need  to 
provide  more  for  the  women,  princi- 
pally in  terms  of  full-time  coaches,"  he 
says. 

The  first  major  goal  for  Parry  is  to 
push  ahead  with  the  concept  of  a  new 
student  recreation  center  at  Aldrich- 
Dexter.  He  stamps  this  as  "a  top  priority 
item"  and  points  out  that  it  will  be  for  all 
members  of  the  Brown  community  — 
students,  faculty,  administration,  and 
alumni.  "It  will  be  a  coming-together 
place  where  all  of  us  can  get  to  know 
each  other  a  little  better,"  he  says.  "I 
personally  think  this  building  is  essen- 
tial to  Brown's  future."  ].B. 


FUND-RAISING: 

Brown  Fund  to  seek  $14.6 
million  in  five  years 

Although  she  had  been  secretary  of 
the  New  York  Brown  Club  and  a  Pem- 
broke class  officer,  Christine  Dunlap 
Farnham  '48  did  not  get  involved  in 
fund-raising  for  Brown  until  she  served 
as  reunion  gift  chairman  for  her  class's 
25th  reunion.  (The  goal  was  $25,000;  the 
class  raised  $34,000.)  Robert  P.  Sanchez 
'58  agreed  several  years  ago  to  serve  as  a 
class  agent,  later  became  head  class 
agent,  and  in  the  process,  got  "more 
and  more  involved  with  Brown." 

This  year.  Bob  Sanchez  and  Chris 
Farnham  are  co-chairmen  of  the  Brown 
Fund,  and  the  two  of  them  are  involved 
in  their  most  important  fund-raising 
project  yet:  raising  $2,225,000  to  meet 
the  1978-79  goal.  The  drive  this  year  is 
particularly  crucial,  since  it  is  the  first 
year  of  a  recently  announced  program 
to  raise  $14.6  million  in  unrestricted 
gifts  for  current  operations  and  to  bring 
the  Brown  Fund  to  a  minimum  of  $3.7 
million  annually  by  1982-83. 

"Five  years  ago,"  says  Sanchez, 
"the  Brown  Fund  began  a  program  to 
establish  a  whole  new  base  of  annual 
support  for  the  Fund.  We  have  been 
successful  in  that  effort  (sotting  four 
successive  records,  the  Fund  has  grown 
from  $727,000  in  1974  to  $1,866,000  in 
1978].  .  .  .  This  first  year  of  our  new  ef- 
fort is  pivotal.  Our  goal  is  a  stretching, 
19-percent  increase  over  our  record  total 
last  year,  and  it  is  crirical  that  we  take  a 
big  leap  in  this  first  year  of  our  new 
program." 

After  pointing  out  that  the  Brown 
Fund  each  year  seeks  unrestricted  gifts 
for  core  program  needs  such  as  faculty 
compensation,  library  acquisitions, 
financial  aid,  athletics,  and  other  pro- 
grams and  services  essential  to  the  Uni- 
versity, Chris  Farnham  says:  "Such  core 
support  is  absolutely  vital  to  Brown. 
The  importance  of  the  Brown  Fund  is 
underscored  when  one  realizes  that  the 
$3.7-million  objective  we  seek  to  reach 
by  1983  represents  the  equivalent  in- 
come from  some  $70  million  of  endow- 
ment Brown  does  not  now  have.  The 
funds  must  be  raised  to  enable  Brown  to 
extend  the  programs  from  which  it  has 
gained  its  distinction." 

One  of  the  key  factors  in  the  suc- 
cess of  the  Brown  Fund  has  been  the 
reunion  giving  program  begun  in  1974. 
Reunion  classes  (those  holding  five-year 


Brown  Fund  chairmen  Robert  Siuiehcz  and  Chris  Farnham. 


reunions)  last  year  contributed  $417,796 
of  the  Brown  Fund  total.  "We  are  espe- 
cially looking  to  the  reunion  classes  to 
lead  this  new  effort,"  says  Chris  Farn- 
ham. "We  are  also  anticipating  a  sharp 
increase  in  both  the  number  of  donors 
to  the  fund  and  in  the  size  of  individual 
gifts.  This  miiff  happen  if  we  are  to 
reach  our  objectives  for  Brown." 

The  kickoff  for  reunion  class  giving 
came  in  November.  Under  this  pro- 
gram, members  of  reunion  classes  are 
asked  once  every  five  years  to  make  a 
substanHally  larger  gift  to  the  Brown 
Fund  —  gifts  ranging  from  three  to  five 
times  the  amount  customarily  given. 
Curtis  F.  Kruger  '53  and  Phyllis  Baldwin 
Young  '45  head  the  alumni  and  alumnae 
reunion  giving  committees. 

Phonothons  were  held  during  the 
fall  in  Providence,  New  York  City,  Bos- 
ton, Philadelphia,  and  Stamford,  Con- 
necticut. Class  agents  will  conduct  their 
campaigns  this  spring. 

Through  it  all,  more  than  3,000  vol- 
unteers will  be  working  to  meet  the 
goal.  It  may  well  be  that  they  would 
agree  with  Bob  Sanchez:  "As  I  became 
more  involved  with  Brown,  I  became 
impressed  with  the  quality  of  life  and 
education  at  Brown.  The  only  way  to 
keep  that  quality  is  to  involve  people 
who  care  through  fund-raising."  R.M.R. 


IN  THE  NEWS: 

CIA  will  neither  confirm 
nor  deny  any  Brown  ties 

When  President  Emeritus  Barnaby 
Keeney  disclosed  last  fall  that  he  had 
worked  with  the  CIA  during  his  tenure 
as  Brown's  president  (Under  the  Elms, 
BAM,  December),  the  news  caused  rip- 
ples of  surprise  and  concern  both  on 
campus  and  in  the  larger  community. 
The  Rhode  Island  ACLU  wrote  to  Presi- 
dent Swearer  expressing  its  concern 
that  CIA  involvements  at  Brown  could 
have  a  "chilling  effect"  on  academic  free 
speech  and  student-faculty  interactions, 
and  demanding  that  the  University  in- 
vestigate any  possible  ties  by  members 
of  the  Brown  community  with  the  CIA. 
Meanwhile,  Mr.  Swearer  wrote  to  CIA 
director  Stansfield  Turner  requesting  in- 
formation on  any  past  or  current  CIA 
activities  on  campus. 

In  a  three-page  letter  dated  De- 
cember 6,  Turner  declined  to  reveal  any 
such  information,  beyond  assuring  Mr. 
Swearer  that  Brown  was  not  one  of  the 
universities  involved  in  research  related 
to  Project  MK-ULTRA,  whose  purpose 
was  "to  identify  materials  and  methods 
useful  in  altering  human  behavior  pat- 
terns." The  CIA  recently  uncovered 
thousands  of  internal  documents  relat- 
ing to  Project  MK-ULTRA  which  "con- 
tained fragmentary  information  regard- 
ing the  identities  of  academic  re- 
searchers and  U.S.  academic  institu- 
tions involved  in  these  activities  ..." 


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course  of  reviewing  these  documents," 
Turner  wrote,  "we  arrived  at  the 
unhappy  realization  that  in  many  cases 
the  involved  individuals  or  institutions, 
or  both,  were  not  informed  at  the  time 
that  the  research  was  connected  in  any 
wav  with  the  CIA.  Accordingly,  the 
Agency  felt  obliged  to  notify  those 
institutions." 

Turner  went  on  to  assure  Mr. 
Swearer  that  "this  Agency  now  enters 
into  no  classified  and  unclassified 
contracts  and  other  arrangements 
with  any  U.S.  college  or  university 
without  first  making  senior  manage- 
ment officials  of  the  institution  aware 
of  CIA's  sponsorship."  Brown's  own 
policy  bars  classified  research  under 
University  auspices  and  stipulates 
that  all  research  contracts  be  made 
public. 

However,  Turner  refused  to  dis- 
close any  information  on  "possible  past 
or  existing  relationships  which  the 
Agency  may  have  in  general  with  indi- 
vidual members  of  the  Brown  communi- 
ty." Such  individuals  would  be  free  to 
inform  the  University  of  their  CIA  ties  if 
they  chose  to  do  so;  but  the  Agency 
would  not  "violate  these  individuals' 
right  of  privacy"  and  risk  subjecting 
them  to  possible  "harassment  by  ac- 
tivists on  their  campuses,"  nor  did  it 
wish  to  "deprive  the  government  of 
ever  securing  their  valuable  services  and 
often  otherwise  unavailable  expertise" 
by  revealing  their  CIA  relationship. 

"There  is  an  additional  reason  for 
my  reluctance  to  comment  on  the  gen- 
eral question  of  past  or  present  CIA  ac- 
tivities at  Brown,"  Turner  continued.  "If 
I  assured  you,  on  the  one  hand,  that 
there  are  no  current  relationships  be- 
tween the  CIA  and  any  member  of  the 
Brown  community,  I  should  have  to  add 
that  the  same  might  not  be  true  in  the 
future.  On  the  other  hand,  even  if  I 
were  to  advise  you  that  there  have  been 
such  relationships  I  simply  could  not 
reveal  what  they  are  or  who  has  been 
involved.  .  .  .  Furthermore,  if  my  an- 
swer became  generally  known,  it  could 
have  the  potential  effect  of  inspiring  un- 
fair suspicions,  recriminations,  and 
even  possible  'witch-hunts'  such  as 
your  school  would  certainly  not  wish  to 
experience. 

"In  short,"  Turner  concluded,  "in- 
sofar as  past  or  present  individual  rela- 
tionships with  the  Brown  community 
are  concerned,  I  must  adhere  to  the  po- 
sition of  neither  affirming  nor  denying 
their  existence."  j.P. 


CELEBRATIONS: 

'A  time  of  rejoicing' 

The  class  orator  at  Brown's  com- 
mencement exercises  in  1877  gave  a 
speech  so  filled  with  inspiration  and 
eloquence  that,  as  a  result,  he  received 
an  offer  to  teach  at  the  Natchez  Semi- 
nary in  Mississippi.  That  orator  was 
Inman  Edward  Page,  the  first  black  man 
to  receive  a  baccalaureate  degree  from 
Brown  University.  Page  went  on  to  a 
long  and  illustrious  career  as  president 
of  Langston  University  in  Oklahoma 
City  for  seventeen  years  and  later  as 
supervising  principal  of  the  secondary 
school  system  there. 

Last  November,  in  a  two-day  cele- 
bration to  commemorate  the  centennial 
of  Page's  graduation,  a  group  of  black 
administrators  and  faculty  members 
known  as  the  Sankore  Society  brought 
another  gifted  orator  to  Brown. 

Benjamin  Hooks,  executive  director 
of  the  National  Association  for  the  Ad- 
vancement of  Colored  People,  former 
lawyer,  public  defender,  judge,  and 
minister,  in  no  way  disgraced  Page's 
memory  as  an  eloquent  orator.  Hooks 
had  a  message,  and  he  sent  it  out  with 


fervor:  How  soon  we  forget.  "In  1949," 
he  said,  "I  went  back  to  Memphis  to 
begin  the  study  of  law,  but  there  was  no 
place  in  that  city,  county,  or  state  for  a 
black  person  to  embark  on  the  study  of 
law.  So  I  had  to  go  to  Chicago,  which 
was  the  closest  place  a  black  person 
could  study.  I  was  urged  to  stay  there, 
but  I  had  decided  to  go  back  to  Mem- 
phis. When  I  went  to  the  courthouse,  I 
never  received  the  courtesy  of  a  title. 
When  I  went  to  the  jail  to  consult  with 
my  clients,  they  treated  me  like  a  crimi- 
nal. They  said  I  couldn't  use  the  law  li- 
brary, and  I  cannot  describe  the  anger  I 
felt.  It  made  me  feel  that  the  guards  of 
Justice  at  the  entrance  somehow  lifted 
that  blindfold  when  it  came  to  blacks 
and  to  the  poor. 

"Sixteen  years  later  I  went  back  to 
Memphis,"  Hooks  continued.  "I  en- 
tered the  judge's  chambers  and  took  off 
my  coat  and  put  on  a  black  robe.  I 
walked  not  in  front  of  the  bench,  but 
hehimi  it,  and  I  was  aware  that  the  seat  I 
was  taking  had  been  held  by  a  judge 
who  had  never  wanted  a  black  man  to 
practice  law.  That  day,  though  I  had 
heard  it  for  sixteen  years,  the  bailiff 
sounded  like  he  had  never  sounded  be- 
fore. When  he  said,  'Take  your  seats,'  I 


T/i/s  watercolor  sketch  is  the  preliminary  study  for  a  portrait  of  Inman  Page. 


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said,  'That's  right,  'cause  I'm  in  charge 
here.'  I'm  reminded  all  over  again  how 
soon  we  forget  where  we've  come 
from."  Hooks  was  warming  to  his  lis- 
teners, his  voice  ringing  out. 

"Do  you  know  that  a  prominent 
journalist,  a  syndicated  columnist,  was 
teaching  as  a  visiting  lecturer  at  a  major 
university  and  there  were  sixteen  young 
black  students  about  to  graduate  in 
journalism  there  and  he  asked  them  — 
he  was  talking  about  how  to  interview 
celebrities  —  'How  would  you  interview 
Rosa  Parks?'  and  not  one  of  those  six- 
teen young  people  about  to  go  into 
journalism  knew  who  Rosa  Parks  was?" 
Hooks's  voice  was  incredulous.  "I  wish 
I  could  describe  to  you  young  people 
how  much  courage  it  took  on  a  dark 
night  in  Montgomery,  Alabama,  in  the 
face  of  all  the  authority  in  America,  to 
say,  'I  am  not  moving  back.  You  can 
take  me  off  this  bus.  You  can  put  me  in 
jail,  but  I  am  not  moving  back.'  How 
soon,"  Hooks  shook  his  head,  "how 
soon  we  forget. 

"We  have  a  crisis  in  America  to- 
day," Hooks  said  forcefully.  "It  is  a 
crisis  of  the  spirit.  There's  a  meanness,  a 
racism,  a  fascism  that  is  sweeping  this 
country  like  a  fire  in  a  forest."  In  1968, 
Hooks  said  of  the  Bakke  case,  the  116 
medical  schools  in  the  U.S.  admitted 
8,500  students,  less  than  275  of  them 
black.  Over  half  of  the  black  students 
went  to  two  traditionallv  black  medical 
schools  —  Howard  and  Meharry  —  so 
that  114  white  medical  schools  admitted 
less  than  150  black  students,  according 
to  Hooks.  By  1976,  he  said,  when  over 
850  black  students  were  admitted,  the 
total  number  of  first-year  enrollments 
had  risen  from  8,000  to  14,000.  "That's 
6,000  more  students,"  Hooks  em- 
phasized, "and  now  thev're  talking 
about  reverse  discrimination.  They  give 
a  new  team  the  first  draft  pick  not  just  to 
strengthen  that  team,  but  to  make  the 
whole  league  better.  I  maintain  that  just 
as  the  doors  were  closed,  we  have  a 
right  to  see  that  those  doors  are  opened. 

"I  was  driving  alone  somewhere  in 
Pennsylvania,"  Hooks  recounted,  "and 
I  saw  a  long  line  of  people.  I  said,  'What 
are  those  people  waiting  for?'  and  they 
told  me,  'They're  waiting  for  checks.'  I 
said,  'Checks?  Why,  I  belong  on  that 
line!'  and  they  said,  'No,  you  don't. 
There  was  a  flood  here.'  And  1  said,  'I 
don't  see  a  flood,'  and  they  said,  'Well, 
you  don't  see  it  now;  it  happened  a 
couple  of  weeks  ago,'  and  I  maintain 
we're  still  paying  for  what  happened  a 


long  Hme  ago.  In  1978  we  stand  before 
the  seat  of  Justice  with  an  uncashed 
check  in  our  pocket,  signed  in  the  blood 
of  our  martyrs  and  drawn  on  the  name 
of  Democracy.  America,  we  want  that 
check  cashed,  we  want  it  cashed  now, 
and  we  don't  want  to  hear  anything 
about  insufficient  funds.  That,"  said 
preacher  Hooks  in  a  rousing  finish,  "is 
our  cry." 

Following  Hooks's  fiery  address, 
which  had  brought  murmurs  of  assent 
from  the  audience,  J.  Saunders  Redding 
'28  rose  to  unveil  a  watercolor  sketch  of 
Inman  Page,  the  preliminary  study  for  a 
portrait  to  be  hung  in  the  lobby  of  the 
Rockefeller  Library.  "One  knows  what 
to  say  at  a  wedding  or  a  funeral,"  Red- 
ding mused,  "but  what  does  one  say  at 
a  resurrection?  —  and  this  is  a  resurrec- 
tion, a  time  of  rejoicing."  D.S. 

SOUTH  AFRICAN  DIVESTITURE: 

An  advisory  committee 
on  investment  policy 

The  wheels  of  the  Brown  bureau- 
cracy have  ground  one  step  closer  to  es- 
tablishing a  permanent  Advisory 
Committee  on  Corporate  Responsibility 
in  Investment  (Under  the  Elms,  BAM, 
December).  At  its  December  5  meeting, 
the  facult}'  voted  unanimously  to  ap- 
prove an  amended  motion  to  establish 
such  a  committee,  and  the  Corpora- 
tion's Advisory  and  Execuhve  Commit- 
tee approved  the  proposal  at  its  January 
meeting. 

The  proposal  calls  for  a  committee 
consisting  of  three  faculh,'  members, 
three  students,  and  three  alumni  —  the 
faculty  to  be  elected  by  the  faculty,  the 
students  (two  undergraduate  and  one 
graduate)  elected  bv  students,  and  the 
alumni  named  bv  the  President  in  con- 
sultation with  the  Board  of  Directors  of 
the  Associated  Alumni.  The  commit- 
tee's charge  "shall  be  to  consider  ethical 
issues  in  the  investment  policies  of 
Brown  University  and  to  consult  with 
and  make  recommendations  to  the 
Proxy  Committee  of  the  Corporation 
which,  in  its  considered  judgment, 
would  best  serve  the  interests  of  the 
University." 

To  that  end,  the  proposal  states,  the 
committee  will  "examine  all  proxy  reso- 
lutions that  are  presented  to  the  Uni- 
versit)'  as  a  shareholder  in  any  company 
and  decide  which  proxy  actions  repre- 
sent significant  questions  of  an  ethical 
nature  where  'social  harm'  may  be  a  fac- 


tor. Social  harm  .  .  .  shall  be  defined  as: 
the  harmful  or  inhumane  impact  which 
the  activities  of  a  company  or  corpora- 
tion have  on  consumers,  employees,  or 
other  persons,  parHcularly  including, 
but  not  restricted  to,  deprivations  of  life, 
health,  safety,  or  basic  freedoms." 

If  the  committee  decides  that  a 
proxy  or  other  investment  issue  raises  a 
significant  question  of  social  harm,  it 
may  recommend  a  variety  of  courses  of 
action  —  including  voting  proxies  to 
reflect  the  University's  position,  making 
the  University's  views  public  and  in 
other  ways  exerting  pressure  on  the 
company  concerned,  and/or  divesting 
itself  of  its  shares  in  the  company.  Bear- 
ing in  mind  the  need  for  a  sound  finan- 
cial policy  and  the  Corporation's  legal 
responsibility  for  the  University's  fiscal 
stability,  divestiture  would  be  recom- 
mended as  a  last  resort  only  if  no  other 
measure  seems  effective,  or  if  "the 
company  in  question  contributes  to  so- 
cial harm  so  grave  that  it  would  be  in- 
consistent with  the  goals  and  principles 
of  the  University  to  accept  funds  from 
such  sources." 

The  original  motion,  as  drawn  up 
by  theiiif  hoc  Student-Faculty  Commit- 
tee on  Corporate  Responsibility  in  In- 
vestment Policies  chaired  by  history 
professor  WUliam  McLoughlin,  pro- 
posed that  the  Corporation  allow  three 
members  of  the  advisory  committee  to 
attend  meetings  of  the  Proxy  Committee 
as  non-voting  participants,  and  asked 
the  Corporation  to  permit  the  Proxy 
Committee  to  consider  recommenda- 
tions from  the  advisory  committee  on 
"pertinent  issues  of  University  invest- 
ment in  addition  to  .  .  .  proxy  issues." 
Both  items  were  voted  down  at  the  fac- 
ulty meeting  in  favor  of  an  amendment 
proposed  by  economics  professor 
George  Borts  and  engineering  professor 
John  Savage  that  the  committee's 
charge  be  simply  "to  consider  ethical  is- 
sues in  the  investment  policies  of  Brown 
University"  and  "to  consult  with  and 
make  recommendations  to  the  Proxy 
Committee." 

Borts  explained  that  the  amend- 
ment was  designed  to  protect  the  au- 
tonomy of  the  Proxy  Committee  and  to 
prevent  the  faculty  from  asking  the 
Corporation  to  amend  its  by-laws  (in  its 
charge  to  the  Proxv  Committee). 
McLoughlin  objected  that  the  Proxy 
Committee  and  the  advisory  committee 
should  work  together  as  closely  as  pos- 
sible, and  the  point  was  made  that  the 
Corporation  has  in  the  past  asked  the 


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faculty  to  change  its  by-laws.  The  mo- 
tion was  amended  nonetheless.  How- 
ever, Borts's  and  Savage's  motion  to  de- 
lete all  references  to  "social  harm"  — 
substituting  "ethical  issues"  —  was  de- 
feated. 

The  proposal  now  goes  before  the 
full  Corporation  at  its  February  meeting. 

IP- 


THE  TEAMS: 

Winter  roundup 

People  smiled  and  looked  the  other 
way  when  Coach  Dave  Roach  told  just 
about  anyone  who  would  listen  that  his 
women's  swimming  team  would  make 
a  substantial  splash  this  winter.  It  is 
generally  conceded  that  first-year 
coaches  are  allowed  a  certain  amount  of 
chest-pounding  prior  to  the  start  of  their 
first  season.  And  why  not?  Usually,  the 
honeymoon  is  over  soon  enough. 

For  Roach,  the  honeymoon  is  still 
not  over  —  and  this  is  his  second  year. 
The  record  shows  three  convincing 
victories,  a  heart-breaking  loss  to  pow- 
erful Yale,  and  fifteen  of  the  women's 
twenty-two  swimming  records  smashed 
in  the  pool. 

Co-Capt.  Gretchen  Fricke,  a 
sophomore  from  Wilton,  Connecticut, 
who  won  AU-American  honors  last  year 
in  the  200  individual  medley,  has  now 
set  records  in  the  200  and  1,000- freestyle 
events  and  the  200  IM  while  also 
swimming  on  record-breaking  teams  in 
the  200,  400,  and  800-freestyles. 

Two  freshmen  have  also  had  a 
hand  in  the  rewriting  of  the  record 
book.  Pam  Heggie,  of  Cleveland 
Heights,  Ohio,  has  set  new  marks  in  the 
50,  100,  and  200-breaststroke  and  the 
100-freestyle  and  has  been  on  three 
record-breaking  relay  teams  in  the 
400-free  and  the  200  and  400-medley. 
Pam  competed  in  the  1976  Olympic 
trials  in  the  200-breaststroke  and  was 
also  entered  in  the  National  AAU  Senior 
Championships  while  in  high  school. 

The  other  first-year  swimmer  is 
Lori  Pride,  of  Cranston,  R.I.,  a  qualifier 
in  several  events  in  the  AIAVV  a  year 
ago.  At  Brown  she  has  set  records  on 
the  50  and  100-backstroke  and  is  a 
member  of  the  400-medley  relay  team 
that  established  a  new  women's  mark. 

Roach  is  a  1971  Springfield  College 
graduate  who  competed  on  teams  that 
won  three  consecutive  New  England 


championships.  He  came  to  Brown  from 
New  Mexico  State,  where  he  had  been 
assistant  coach  of  the  men's  swimming 
team. 

In  recent  years,  the  knock  on  the 
Brown  men's  hockey  team  was  its  de- 
fense —  or  lack  of  defense.  No  more. 
First-year  coach  Paul  Schilling  quickly 
settled  on  a  four- man  rotation  that 
allowed  the  opposition  less  than  four 
goals  a  game  through  the  first  half  of  the 
schedule  and  made  life  easier  than  ex- 
pected for  All-American  goalie  Mike 
Laycock  and  his  alternate,  Mark  Hol- 
den. 

Senior  Mike  Mastrullo  is  the  old 
timer  of  the  defensive  corps.  Skating 
with  him  are  two  sophomores  who  re- 
ceived their  baptism  of  fire  last  season, 
John  Slonim  and  Kevin  Lovitt,  and  a 
freshman,  Darrell  Petit,  whose  dad.  Art 
Petit  '53,  was  a  member  of  the  1950-51 
Brown  team  that  advanced  to  the  finals 
of  the  NCAA  tournament  at  Colorado 
Springs. 

"If  we  had  six  defensemen  and  I 
could  rest  the  four  starters  once  in  a 
while,  they  would  be  having  even  better 
years,"  Schilling  said.  "As  it  is,  I  have  to 
keep  them  in  all  the  way,  including 
power  plays  and  times  when  we  are 
operaHng  short  because  of  penalties. 
But  if  we  win  the  Ivy  title,  I'm  going  to 
raise  a  toast  to  the  defense.  They  are  the 
ones  who  will  have  done  it." 

The  Bruins  were  making  their  best 
move  toward  the  Ivy  title  in  several 
years,  racing  off  to  a  4-0  start  with 
victories  over  Cornell,  7-5,  Yale,  4-2, 
Harvard,  2-1,  and  Princeton,  9-3.  Brown 
continued  its  hex  on  Yale,  which  hasn't 
won  a  game  in  Providence  since  1961. 

Just  as  Yale  seldom  wins  at  Provi- 
dence in  hockey.  Brown  almost  never 
comes  home  victorious  from  New 
Haven  in  basketball.  This  year  was  the 
exception.  In  a  topsy-turvy  contest  that 
wasn't  diagrammed  for  the  faint  of 
heart.  Brown  outlasted  the  Elis,  64-63, 
and  gave  first-year  coach  Joe  Mullaney 
an  early  Christmas  present. 

Yale,  with  one  of  its  finest  teams  in 
recent  years  (they  had  knocked  off 
Connecticut,  New  England's  number- 
two  team,  previously),  was  a  heavy 
favorite  and  seemed  well  on  the  road  to 
victory  with  a  44-34  lead  and  only  17:22 
remaining.  Then  the  Bears  ran  off  11 
straight  points,  took  a  45-44  lead,  and 
upped  it  to  a  seemingly  comfortable 
64-53  with  six  minutes  left.  But  Yale 
caught  fire,  scored  ten  quick  points 
while  Brown  was  going  scoreless  (and 


missing  on  six  one-and-one  situations) 
and  almost  pulled  it  out  when  a  jumper 
hit  the  rim  at  the  gun. 

"Someone  came  up  to  me  after  the 
game  and  said,  'The  issue  was  never  in 
doubt,  Joe',"  Mullaney  said  the  next 
day.  "I  told  him  I  wish  I  had  his 
confidence.  To  me  it  was  a  bench- 
squirmer." 

S(S(Q)]?(glb)(Q)airdl 

(December  4  to  January  2) 

Men's  Basketball  (3-8) 

Davidson  75,  Brown  58 
Brown  57,  Fordham  54 
Brown  64,  Yale  63 
Marquette  57,  Brown  49 
Brown  69,  Providence  60 
Rhode  Island  73,  Brown  51 

Men's  Hockey  (8-6) 

Brown  4,  Yale  2 
Brown  2,  Harvard  1 
Brown  9,  Princeton  3 
St.  Louis  7,  Brown  4 
St.  Louis  5,  Brown  2 
Brown  12,  McGill  1 
Vermont  4,  Brown  2 
Bowling  Green  6,  Brown  1 
Brown  7,  Harvard  3 
Brown  5,  Providence  3 

Men's  Swimming  (2-4) 

Navy  62,  Brown  51 
Brown  76,  Springfield  37 
Brown  81,  Connecticut  32 
Harvard  79,  Brown  34 
Princeton  80,  Brown  33 

Men's  Track  (1-3) 

Brown  85,  Boston  College  51 

Rhode  Island  57,  St.  John's  56,  Brown  49 

WresUing  (1-5) 

Boston  College  21,  Brown  12 
Plymouth  State  24,  Brown  16 
Hartford  26,  Brown  23 
Worcester  Polytechnic  36,  Brown  11 

Women's  Basketball  (4-4) 

Brown  66,  Fitchburg  41 

Brown  60,  Boston  College  44 

Brown  61,  Southeastern  Massachusetts  59 

Brown  71,  Westfield  State  59 

Connecticut  73,  Brown  23 

Providence  52,  Brown  29 

Women's  Hockey  (2-5-1) 

Boston  College  7,  Brown  4 
Brown  5,  Wesleyan  1 
Brown  4,  Harvard  4 
Boston  University  3,  Brown  1 
New  Hampshire  11,  Brown  0 
Boston  State  9,  Brown  2 
Brown  4,  Dartmouth  3 

Women's  Swimming  (4-1) 

Brown  75,  Southern  Connecticut  56 
Yale  68,  Brown  63 
Brown  91,  Rhode  Island  40 
Brown  76,  Boston  University  55 
Brown  93,  Harvard  38 


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From 

Babylon 

to  Brown: 


the  Department 

of  the  History 

of  Mathematics 

By  Debra  Shore 


Let  there  be  no  mistake.  The  Department  of  the 
History  of  Mathematics  at  Brown  Univer- 
J     sity  is,  by  any  name,  an  anomaly.  It  is,  ex- 
cept for  privately  endowed  Egyptology,  the  small- 
est department  in  the  University,  yet  it  is  world- 
renowned.  Its  four  faculty  members.  Professor 
Emeritus  Otto  E.  Neugebauer  and  Professors  Ab- 
raham Sachs,  Gerald  Toomer,  and  David  Pingree, 
are  among  the  most  distinguished  scholars  in  the 
country,  yet  many  people  at  Brown  have  never 
heard  of  them.  Its  home  is  in  Wilbour  Hall,  a  build- 
ing made  conspicuous  only  by  the  overpowering 
Rockefeller  Library  next  to  it;  yet  Wilbour  Hall  re- 
mains solidly  on  the  corner  of  George  and  Pros- 
pect Streets  largely  because  of  Otto  Neugebauer's 
reputation.  (The  original  plans  for  the  Rockefeller 
Librarv  called  for  the  demolition  of  Wilbour  Hall.  It 
was  rumored  that,  in  the  event.  Otto  Neugebauer 
would  leave  Brown.  The  Rock  went  up  —  and 
Wilbour  Hall  stands  hrm  toda)'.)  Finally,  Brown's 
History  of  Mathematics  Department  is  the  only 
one  in  the  world  devoted  to  the  study  of  the  origi- 
nal sources  for  the  histor\'  of  mathematics  and  as- 
tronomy in  antiquity  and  the  Middle  Ages.  The 
story  of  this  prestigious  department  at  Brown  be- 
gins with  Otto  Neugebauer. 


Otto  Neugebiiiier  in  his  office  iit  Broim. 


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Photographs  by  John  Foraste 

15 


As  a  young  man  in  the  early  1920s  Otto 
Eduard  Neugebauer  studied  mathematics  and 
physics  at  the  University  of  Graz  in  his  native 
Austria  and  at  the  University  in  Munich.  For  doc- 
toral work  he  moved  to  the  University  of  Got- 
tingen  in  Germany  and  while  there  picked  up  a 
copy,  newly  translated  into  German,  of  History  of 
Egypt  by  James  Henry  Breasted,  who  was  later  to 
become  the  founder  and  first  director  of  the  Orien- 
tal Institute  in  Chicago.  Breasted's  was  one  of  the 
first  books  written  for  a  popular  audience  describ- 
ing man's  rise  to  civilization  in  the  nurturing  delta 
along  the  Nile  in  Egypt.  "The  fact  that  man  pos- 
sessed the  capacity  to  rise  from  bestial  savagery  to 
civilization,  at  a  time  when  it  had  nci'er  before  been 
done,  is  the  greatest  fact  in  the  history  of  the  uni- 
verse as  known  to  us,"  wrote  Breasted  in  a  later 
foreword.  "For  this  amazing  new  capability,  tran- 
scending merely  physical  development  and  the 
evolution  of  more  efficient  organs,  disclosed  a 
kind  of  buoyancy  of  the  human  spirit,  never  before 
displayed  in  the  history  of  life  on  our  planet." 

Young  Neugebauer  was  stirred,  quickened  by 
the  mysteries  of  ancient  Egypt.  Archaeological  ex- 
cavations unearthed  new  works  almost  daily  — 
Tutankhamen's  tomb  was  pried  open  in  1922.  The 
system  of  Egyptian  hieroglyphs  was  being  de- 
ciphered and  Bab\lonian  cuneiform  tablets  had 
begun  to  appear.  Neugebauer  wandered  over  to 
the  Egyptology  department  at  Gottingen  and 
asked  if  he  could  study  there.  And  a  marriage  of 
more  than  fifty  years'  duration  was  made.  Like  the 
"join"  made  when  the  portions  of  a  cuneiform  tab- 
let that  has  been  split  are  brought  together  again 
so  that  the  whole  text  can  be  seen.  Otto  Neuge- 
bauer applied  his  sophisticated  knowledge  of 
mathematics  and  physics  to  a  studv  of  the  ancient 
texts  —  and  through  this  "join"  of  disciplines,  the 
whole  picture  of  ancient  mathematics  and  as- 
tronomy began  to  unfold.  Neugebauer's  doctoral 
thesis,  completed  in  1926,  was  on  Egyptian  frac- 
tions. 

While  he  continued  his  studies  in  Egyptology, 
Neugebauer  taught  mathematics  at  the  University 
of  Gottingen.  "One  could  really  choose  what 
one  wanted  to  do,"  he  says.  "European  universi- 
ties were  far  less  standardized  and  you  weren't 
pushed  into  some  so-called  program.  That  they 
had  freedom  was  a  great  help  to  people."  Neuge- 
bauer became  editor-in-chief  in  1931  of  a  new  in- 
ternational review  journal  for  mathematics,  Zen- 
tralblatt  ftir  Mathematik,  published  by  Springer  in 
Berlin.  In  1934  Neugebauer  emigrated  to  Copen- 
hagen, where  he  became  a  professor  of  mathemat- 
ics. 

Some  years  earlier,  while  still  a  graduate  stu- 
dent, Neugebauer  had  spent  a  year  in  Copenha- 
gen as  assistant  to  Harald  Bohr,  director  of  the 
Mathematics  Institute.  At  that  time  a  book  titled 
Tlie  Rhind  Mathematical  Papjyrus  was  sent  for  review- 
to  a  mathematics  journal  published  in  Copenha- 
gen. "Bohr  said  to  me,  'Why  don't  you  review  it?' 
because  he  knew  1  was  interested  and  knew  a  little 


Egyptian,"  Neugebauer  recounts,  "so  1  read  it." 
This  Egyptian  mathematical  papyrus,  significantly 
for  Neugebauer's  future,  had  been  translated  by 
Arnold  Buffum  Chace  of  Brown  University,  as- 
sisted by  Henry  Parker  Manning  and  Raymond 
Clare  Archibald,  also  of  Brown. 

At  the  same  time,  however,  the  very  first  sci- 
y^m        entific  cuneiform  texts  had  begun  to 
A    At     appear  in  published  form.  Cuneiform  re- 
fers to  the  form  of  writing  developed  by  the  in- 
habitants of  ancient  Mesopotamia.  These  wedge- 
shaped  figures  incised  by  a  reed  or  wooden  stilus 
on  a  tablet  of  wet  clay  have  proven  to  be  the  most 
durable  remnants  of  Mesopotamian  civilization. 
Hundreds  of  thousands  of  these  tablets  were  in- 
scribed from  roughly  3000  B.C.  to  the  beginning  of 
our  era.  Some  were  letters;  others  recorded  busi- 
ness transactions.  Some  were  written  laws  or  reli- 
gious texts;  others  contained  highly  detailed  calcu- 
lations of  the  movements  of  the  planets.  By  the 
1890s  thousands  of  these  tablets  had  been  un- 
earthed —  both  b\-  professional  excavators  and  by 
local  builders  hunting  tor  baked  bricks  —  and 
many  of  them  had  been  bought  bv  museum  cura- 
tors and  private  collectors. 

Intermittently  from  the  late  1870s  to  the  1890s, 
a  German  Jesuit  priest  named  Johannes  Strass- 
maier  made  copies  of  many  of  the  cuneiform  tab- 
lets then  in  the  British  Museum,  carefully  trans- 
cribing the  cuneiform  script  onto  paper  from 
which  the  text  could  be  studied.  Many  of  the  tab- 
lets that  Strassmaier  copied  were  astronomical 
texts  —  that  is,  documents  containing  computa- 
tions of  the  motions  of  the  planets  or  explanations 
of  the  procedure  for  making  such  computations. 

At  Strassmaier's  urging  another  priest.  Father 
Joseph  Epping  of  Quito,  Ecuador,  began  studying 
these  astronomical  texts.  (It  should  be  noted  that 
"text"  throughout  refers  to  the  content  of  the  tab- 
lets or  manuscripts,  and  the  decipherment  is  done 
from  photographic  or  hand  copies  of  the  origi- 
nals.) In  1881  Epping  and  Strassmaier  published 
an  article  in  a  Catholic  theological  journal  that 
presented  the  first  decipherment  of  the  astronomi- 
cal tablets.  In  their  work,  the  priests  made  several 
important  discoveries  concerning  the  nature  and 
relation  of  Babylonian  mathematics  and  astrono- 
my. Epping  died  in  1894.  His  successor,  a  Father 
Kugler,  continued  between  1900  and  1924  to  pub- 
lish copies  of  astronomical  texts  that  Strassmaier 
had  excerpted  from  his  voluminous  notebooks.  It 
was  these  texts  that  came  to  the  ready  attention  of 
Otto  Neugebauer. 

"The  German  Jesuits  had  cracked  the  essence 
of  the  astronomy,"  Neugebauer  says,  "and  my 
own  work  was  a  continuation  in  that  field.  But  in 
the  mathematical  area,  one  of  the  scholars  had  not 
the  faintest  idea  of  what  he  was  editing  and  the 
few  things  that  had  been  said  were  entirely 
wrong."  In  matters  of  ignorance  Neugebauer  gives 
no  quarter.  "Precisely  as  your  knowledge  of 
French  doesn't  help  you  a  damn  thing  in  under- 


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standing  French  mathematical  treatises,  or  for  that 
matter  in  English,  so  the  early  reader  of  these 
cuneiform  texts  who  knew  Akkadian  could  not 
understand  the  mathematics.  'Field'  has  nothing 
to  do  with  where  you  grow  potatoes.  It  has  a  pre- 
cise mathematical  meaning  in  English.  So  your 
knowledge  of  language  is  by  no  means  sufficient 
to  understand  a  scientific  text,  just  as  I  cannot  un- 
derstand an  English  lawyer. 

"The  numerical  system  had  not  been  under- 
stood," Neugebauer  says,  describing  the  few  exist- 
ing studies  of  Babylonian  mathematics  in  the 
1920s  and  '30s.  "The  numbers  could  be  read  easily 
enough,  but  how  they  were  to  be  hnndled,  how 
they  were  used  to  compute,  was  not  understood, 
and  what  had  been  done  was  completely  mal- 
treated. You  cannot  simply  verbatim  translate,"  he 
says  sternly.  "You  must  understand  whole  con- 
cepts. The  Middle  Ages  were  full  of  people  who 
didn't  understand  texts  and  translated  word  for 
word,  and  you  get  gibberish. 

"The  most  unexpected  thing,"  Neugebauer 
says  of  his  own  work,  "is  precisely  the  under- 
standing of  the  Babylonian  mathematics.  One  had 
no  idea  what  these  things  meant.  This  is  the  es- 
sential point,  that  one  has  really  a  new  field  and 
can  understand  it.  As  far  as  the  contents  are  con- 
cerned and  their  role  in  historical  clevelopment  — 
tlwt  was  what  was  really  entirely  new." 

To  some  extent  it  is  difficult  to  convey  the 
magnitude  and  special  nature  of  Otto 
Neugebauer's  contribuHons  to  the  history  of 
mathematics.  "Otto  Neugebauer  didn't  come  to 
virgin  territory,"  his  colleague  Abraham  Sachs 
explains.  "A  certain  amount  was  known.  One  had 
to  go  back  to  the  original  documents.  When  a  field 
reaches  a  certain  level  of  understanding  and  is 
using  original  documents,  that  level  of  under- 
standing is  reflected  in  the  editing  of  those  docu- 
ments. So  if  someone  is  looking  at  a  horoscope 
and  doesn't  know  how  to  compute,  then  their 
translation  will  be  incorrect.  Otto  Neugebauer  dug 
up  large  masses  of  documents  that  were  either  un- 
catalogued  or  were  catalogued  but  no  one  had 
done  anything  with  them.  His  penetration  has 
made  everything  completely  new." 

Between  1935  and  1938  Neugebauer  pub- 
lished a  three-volume  edition  of  Babylonian 
mathematical  texts,  thus  making  available  in  pub- 
lished form  copies  of  all  the  mathematical  cunei- 
form texts  then  known  and  commentary  on  the 
mathematics  they  contained.  He  discovered,  for 
instance,  that  the  algebra  used  by  the  Greeks  was 
known  to  the  Babylonians  2,000  years  earlier.  In 
geometry,  the  famous  theorem  regarding  right 
triangles  that  we  know  by  Pythagoras's  name  (a-  + 
b-  =  C-)  was  known  to  the  Babylonians  1,400  years 
before  Pythagoras's  time. 

It  was  a  monumental  survey,  but  for  Neuge- 
bauer these  mathematical  texts  were  merely  a  prel- 
ude. Astronomy  beckoned.  "The  fact  that  you  had 
a  fairly  sophisticated  Babylonian  mathematics 


meant  you  had  an  extremely  clever  and  far  de- 
veloped astronomy  —  very  detailed  theories  of 
planetary  motions  and  lunar  motions.  In  Egypt 
there  is  no  mathematical  astronomy  whatsoever, 
only  a  little  mythology.  From  a  scientific  view- 
point it  is  very  primitive.  The  approach  is  utterly 
simple-minded  with  no  attempt  at  following  up 
these  things  numerically.  It  ztws  astronomy," 


TJk  master  scholar,  Otto  Neugebauer,  at  work. 


Neugebauer  says  dryly,  "because  they  dealt  with 
measurement  of  time  and  the  rising  and  setting  of 
stars  through  the  year.  The  Babylonian  stuff  is 
straightfonvard  astronomy  in  the  strictest  sense:  the 
computation  of  the  motions  of  the  planets." 

In  1939  the  journal  Neugebauer  edited  was 
forced  to  introduce  "the  so-called  Aryan  para- 
graph," he  says,  "which  was  that  all  collaborators 
not  of  a  certain  persuasion  .  .  ."  Neugebauer  re- 
signed —  he  would  brook  no  political  interference 
with  his  editorial  management  —  and  he  prepared 
to  come  to  the  United  States  to  continue  publish- 
ing Mathematical  Ra'iews  under  the  auspices  of  the 
American  Mathematical  Society.  At  that  time  Ro- 
land G.  D.  Richardson,  first  dean  of  Brown's 
graduate  school,  served  as  secretary  of  the  Ameri- 
can Mathematical  Society;  Brown  had  a  very  good 
mathematical  library  including  many  works  on  the 
history  of  math  collected  by  Raymond  Clare  Ar- 
chibald; and  Archibald  himself,  an  editor  of  the 
Rhind  Pap\/rus  and  noted  historian  of  mathematics, 
was  at  Brown,  All  these  factors  conspired  to  bring 
Neugebauer  to  Providence,  and  he  joined  the 
Brown  faculty  as  a  professor  of  mathematics  in 
1939. 

Meanwhile,  Otto  Neugebauer  recounts  now, 
"More  texts  came  out,  and  I  began  to  get  texts 
from  Berlin  and  London."  Neugebauer  went  to  the 
Oriental  Institute  in  Chicago,  long  the  center  of 
Assyriology  and  Egyptology  studies  in  the  U.S.,  to 
look  at  additional  texts.  "One  has  always  to  do 
things  in  person,"  Neugebauer  comments,  "be- 


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cause  museums  are  difficult  to  work  with  and  sit 
on  things  ...  It  is  always  a  major  problem  to  get 
access  to  the  text  material.  Nobody  knows  what  is 
still  around  anyplace.  There  is  certainly  much  in 
Baghdad  and  Turkey  with  no  access.  The  modern 
nationalistic  attitude  has  damaged  our  access  to 
texts  immensely." 

On  one  of  his  visits  to  the  Oriental  Institute, 
Neugebauer  met  a  young  scholar  who 
had  recently  completed  his  Ph.D.  in  the 
study  of  the  ancient  Near  East  at  Johns  Hopkins 
University.  Abe  Sachs  remembers  their  meeting: 
"I  worked  for  fwo  years  in  Chicago  on  the  dic- 
tionary project  [the  monumental  effort  by  many 
Assyriologists  to  compile  a  dictionary  of  Akka- 
dian, the  principal  language  of  ancient  Babylon).  1 
started  to  read  a  book  on  ancient  mathematics  that 
Professor  Neugebauer  had  written  in  German  and 
I  got  stuck  somehow  on  page  17  or  18.  I  put  the 
book  away  and  several  weeks  later  Neugebauer, 
who'd  been  lecturing  in  Michigan,  stopped 
through  and  I  met  him  and  asked  him  my  ques- 
tion. Neugebauer  sat  down  with  me  and  in  a 
couple  of  minutes  I  saw  what  the  difficulty  was.  I 
invited  him  for  dinner  at  my  one-room  apartment 
with  another  guy  and  we  had  fun.  I  was  surprised 
to  hear  from  him  a  tew  weeks  later  —  it  was  really 
very  unexpected  —  saying  that  he'd  stopped  off  to 
talk  with  the  Rockefeller  Foundation  people.  He 


Abe 

Sachs, 

with  a 

aitieiform 

tablet  and 

meticulous 

hand  copies 

of  the  texts. 


w.^^y 


/ 


/ 


was  offering  me  a  fellowship  to  come  and  work 
with  him."  Abraham  Sachs  joined  the  mathemat- 
ics department  at  Brown  in  1941. 

Neugebauer  and  Sachs  immediately  went  to 
work  transcribing  and  translating  mathematical 
cuneiform  texts  found  in  American  collections, 
chiefly  at  Yale  and  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 


The  two  men,  in  fact,  approached  the  material 
with  opposite  backgrounds:  Neugebauer  had 
mathematical  training  but  was  virtually  self-taught 
in  languages;  Sachs  had  been  trained  in  ancient 
languages  and  picked  up  the  necessary  math  as  he 
went  along.  "The  mathematics  and  astronomy 
were  precisely  the  two  aspects  of  this  ancient  so- 
ciety that  I  knew  nothing  about,"  Sachs  recalls. 
"Most  of  the  people  today  who  are  cuneiformists 
don't  know  anything  about  math  and  astronomy 
and  the  cultural  block  was,  'I  can't  even  balance 
my  checkbook,  so  how  could  I  understand  that 
stuff?'  The  cuneiformists  would  shy  away  from 
math  just  as  women  used  to."  Yet  as  Neugebauer 
had  realized  from  the  start,  it  was  only  because  he 
knew  mathematics  that  he  was  able  to  apprehend 
correctly  the  Babylonian  mathematical  system. 

"The  Babylonian  sexagesimal  number  system 
gave  them  a  tremendous  advantage,"  Sachs  says, 
"because  they  learned  how  to  express  any  num- 
ber, no  matter  how  large  or  how  small,  with  the 
same  notation  —  just  as  we  can  with  the  decimal 
system.  Their  base  was  sixt}',  not  ten,  but  they 
could  represent  a  very,  very  small  number,  too.  In 
the  case  of  the  Greeks  or  the  Romans,  there  is  no 
way  to  represent  a  minute  fraction  because  you 
run  out  of  symbols.  Think  of  writing  eight  trillion 
with  Roman  numerals,  such  as  X,  D,  C,  L,  etc., 
and  think  of  multiplying  it  by  something  else.  You 
can't  do  it.  But  why  the  Babylonians  developed 
such  an  astronomy  nobody  can  answer.  There 
were  some  very  clever  people.  ..." 

In  1945  Neugebauer  and  Sachs  published 
Mathematical  Cuneiform  Texts,  the  first  fruit  of  their 
collaboration  in  what  was  to  become  a  small  but 
precious  grove.  A  supplement  to  Neugebauer's 
earlier  three-volume  work,  this  book  was  dedi- 
cated to  Raymond  Clare  Archibald. 

Two  years  later,  on  January  7,  1947,  Presi- 
dent Henry  VVriston  announced  the  estab- 
lishment of  a  new  department  at  Brown 
University:  History  of  Mathematics.  Its  principal 
research  objectives,  he  said,  were  the  study  of  an- 
cient astronomy  in  its  relations  to  mathematical 
disciplines  and  to  the  history  of  civilization.  Otto 
Neugebauer  was  named  professor  and  chairman 
of  the  department  and  that  same  year  he  was 
selected  for  membership  in  the  American  Philo- 
sophical Society,  one  of  the  world's  most  prestig- 
ious learned  societies. 

Meanwhile  Neugebauer  was  not  content 
merely  to  unravel  the  secrets  of  Babylonian  math- 
ematics and  astronomy.  His  interests  spanned  the 
ancient  world  from  Egypt  to  Greece  and  back 
again.  He  wanted,  for  instance,  to  study  Egyptian 
astronomical  texts.  On  another  trip  through 
Chicago  in  the  1940s  Neugebauer  stopped  by  the 
Oriental  Institute  and  asked  a  young  assistant  pro- 
fessor of  Egyptology,  whose  first  publicaHon  was 
on  the  calendars  of  ancient  Egypt,  to  help  him. 
Richard  Parker  collaborated  long-distance  with 
Neugebauer  for  several  years,  collecting  and  in- 


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terpreting  Egyptian  texts,  these  being  in  the  form 
of  papyri  rather  than  clay  tablets. 

In  1947  Parker  was  made  field  director  of  the 
Oriental  histitute's  Epigraphic  Survey  in  Luxor, 
Egypt.  It  was  a  plum  of  a  job,  the  expedition  then 
being  halfway  through  recording  the  great  mor- 
tuary temple  of  Ramses  III  at  Medinet  Habu.  That 
same  year,  however.  Brown  received  $750,000 
from  the  estate  of  Theodora  Wilbour  to  establish 
and  maintain  a  department  of  Egyptology  in 
memory  of  her  father,  Charles  Edwin  Wilbour 
1854.  President  Wriston  had  heard  that  the  collat- 
eral Wilbour  heirs  intended  to  challenge  the  will. 
Wriston  rushed  into  action  and  called  Neuge- 
bauer.  "Otto,"  he  said,  "find  me  an  Egyptologist." 
Neugebauer  turned  immediately  to  Parker,  who 
was  about  to  depart  for  Egypt.  Parker  did  go  on 
to  Luxor,  but  Henry  Wriston  would  not  give  up 
without  a  fight.  So,  in  1948,  Richard  Parker  be- 
came the  first  Wilbour  Professor  of  Egyptology  at 
Brown. 

Parker  returned  to  Egypt  several  times  over 
the  years  to  gather  texts,  and  together  he  and 
Neugebauer  produced  a  four-volume  edition  of 
Egyptian  Astronomical  Texts.  "All  had  to  be  studied, 
translated,  interpreted,"  Parker  says.  "What  he 
wrote  I  criticized;  what  I  wrote,  he  criticized."  Our 
heritage  from  Egypt  includes  the  twenty-four- 
hour  day,  the  first  calendar  reflecting  the  true 
length  of  the  year,  and  the  first  calendar  divorced 
from  the  lunar  cycle.  (From  the  Babylonian  sex- 
agesimal number  system  comes  our  sixty-minute 
hour,  sixty-second  minute,  and  360°  circle.) 

In  1953-54  Abe  Sachs,  by  then  a  professor  of 
the  history  of  mathematics  at  Brown,  received  a 
grant  from  the  Rockefeller  Foundation  to  study  the 
collection  of  astronomical  cuneiform  texts  in  the 
British  Museum.  "Until  the  1890s,"  Sachs  says, 
"any  scholar  could  go  there  and  look  at  texts.  It 
was  free  and  open  like  a  library."  And  it  was 
then  that  Strassmaier,  the  Jesuit  priest,  filled  his 
notebooks  with  copies  of  cuneiform  tablets. 
"Around  1900  they  changed  the  rules,"  Sachs 
continues,  "and  if  you  didn't  have  the  catalogue 
numbers,  you  couldn't  see  the  texts.  If  you  knew 
the  inventory  number  and  the  shelf  number  they 
would  give  the  material  to  you,  but  there  was  no 
catalogue  for  these  texts  so  we  didn't  know  the  in- 
ventory numbers.  The  material  was  effectively 
buried." 

After  World  War  II,  Sachs  explains,  he  and 
Neugebauer  were  able  to  contact  the  man  who  had 
Strassmaier's  notebooks  and  they  catalogued 
them.  From  these  manuscripts  Sachs  and  Neuge- 
bauer were  able  to  determine  some  of  the  inven- 
tory numbers  and,  thus,  to  obtain  access  to  some, 
though  not  all,  of  the  astronomical  texts. 

"After  I'd  been  there  a  while,"  Sachs  says,  re- 
calling his  1953  visit  to  the  British  Museum,  "the 
curator  called  me  over  to  look  at  some  big  volumes 
they  had  and  didn't  know  what  to  do  with.  It 
turned  out  that  these  were  copies  of  the  same  ma- 
terial, much  better  copies  than  Strassmaier's."  It 


An  excerpt  from  the  text,  three  times  its  actual  size,  of 
an  astronomical  diary  from  ancietit  Babylon,  dated  at 
324  B.C.  Tliis  copy  zoas  made  by  T.  G.  Pinches  at  the 
British  Museum  between  1895  and  1900. 

was,  to  say  the  very  least,  a  serendipitous  find.  It 
seems  that  an  assistant  curator  at  the  British 
Museum  named  T.  G.  Pinches  had,  between  1895 
and  1900,  copied  some  1,300  pieces  of  astronomi- 
cal texts.  "Pinches  fell  out  of  favor  with  the  cura- 
tor," Sachs  says,  "and  was  fired  or  booted  out. 
The  curator  then  stuck  his  work  in  a  back  room. 
His  copies  were  kept  secret  until  the  1920s  or  so 
and  by  the  1950s  they  had  become  a  real  embar- 
rassment to  the  curator." 

Sachs's  work  at  the  British  Museum  enabled 
Neugebauer  to  compile  a  three-volume  edition  of 
Astronomu~al  Cuneiform  Texts,  which  he  published 
in  1955.  Sachs  himself  compiled  additional  texts 
from  the  copies  by  Pinches  and  Strassmaier  in  Late 
Babylonian  Astronomical  and  Related  Texts,  also  pub- 
lished in  1955.  His  persistence  paid  off  and,  having 
become  friendly  with  the  curators  and  their  assist- 
ants, Sachs  was  later  given  access  to  a  large  part  of 
the  British  Museum  collection  that  Strassmaier 
and  Pinches  had  never  seen.  Eventually  Sachs 
sifted  through  50-  to  60,000  cuneiform  tablets, 
spending,  all  told,  two  and  a  half  years  at  the 
Museum  to  find  those  of  interest  to  him. 

Many  professors  win  awards  for  their 
scholarship;  seldom  do  they  win 
money.  In  1952  Otto  Neugebauer  re- 
ceived the  John  F.  Lewis  Prize  from  the  American 
Philosophical  Society  —  $300  and  a  diploma  —  for 
his  work,  "The  Babylonian  Method  of  Computa- 
tion of  the  Last  Visibilities  of  Mercury. "  That  same 
year  he  published  The  Exact  Sciences  in  Antiquity. 
Though  Neugebauer  had  begun  years  before  to  re- 
ceive recognition  as  a  scholar  of  the  first  rank  —  he 
was  awarded  an  honorary  LL.D.  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  St.  Andrews  in  Scotland  in  1938,  followed 
by  his  election  to  the  American  Philosophical  So- 
ciety—  this  work  catapulted  him  to  the  forefront 
of  American  scholarship.  In  1953  the  book  won  the 
first  Dannie  Heineman  Prize  of  $5,000  as  "an  out- 
standing book  on  a  high  scientific  level  .  .  .  which 
opens  important  fields  of  research."  Exact  Sciences 
was  translated  intc)  Russian  —  selling  "an  enor- 
mous amount  of  copies  at  a  very  cheap  price,"  ac- 
cording to  Neugebauer  —  and  then  into  Italian. 

In  1961  Neugebauer  was  awarded  $10,000  for 
distinguished  accomplishment  in  humanistic 
scholarship  by  the  American  Council  of  Learned 


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Societies,  one  of  ten  American  university  profes- 
sors so  blessed.  In  1962  the  scholarly  journal  Osiris 
published  a  bibliography  of  Neugebauer's  pub- 
lished work  since  1926.  The  list  came  to  153  items. 
An  update  made  ten  years  later  included  thirt}'- 
three  additional  items. 

Though  Neugebauer  became  a  professor 
emeritus  in  1969  —  Sachs  became  department 
chairman  in  1965  —  he  has  not,  in  any  conven- 
tional sense  of  the  word,  retired.  In  1975  his 
massive  three-part  work,  A  History  of  Ancient 
Mathematiail  Astronomy,  was  published  by  Spring- 
er-Verlag,  the  ver)'  publisher  which,  fifty  years 
before,  had  published  his  first  hook.  The  next 
year  his  book  won  the  History  of  Science  Soci- 
ety's $1,000  Pfizer  Award  as  the  best  book  of 
the  year  on  the  history  of  science  by  a  North 
American  scholar.  In  1977  Neugebauer  was  elected 
to  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences. 


Perhaps  a  word  is  in  order  abt)ut  these  two 
scholars  immersed  in  the  intercalations 
of  ancient  calendars  and  the  rotations  of 
the  planets.  Otto  Neugebauer,  now  seventy-nine, 
still  comes  daily  to  his  office  in  the  basement  of 
Wilhour  Hall  —  "that  complex  of  labyrinthine 
rooms,"  Parker  once  called  them.  At  the  age  of 
sixty  Neugebauer  took  up  the  study  of  Ethiopic 
and  he  is  soon  to  publish  a  book  on  Ethiopic  calen- 
dars, having  worked  with  material  that  lay  un- 


touched in  the  great  European  libraries.  He  is 
spare,  slightly  stooped,  inscrutable  —  indeed  not 
unlike  a  cuneiform  tablet:  an  extremely  well- 
preserved  specimen  which,  when  dusted  off,  re- 
veals a  dazzling  wealth  of  knowledge.  He  is  gruff, 
polite,  severe,  humorous,  fastidious.  Almost  al- 
ways he  has  a  dog  biscuit  tucked  into  a  pocket. 
"He  loves  dogs,"  Sachs  comments,  "sometimes 
much  more  than  people."  Neugebauer's  rooms 
are  a  model  of  neatness,  his  walls  filled  with  books 
in  languages  dead  and  alive,  his  pencils  and  pens 
arranged  just  so,  in  marked  contrast  to  the  other 
members  of  the  department  (more  on  them  later) 
whose  offices  overflow  with  manuscripts  piled 
atop  each  other  in  pyramidical  fashion. 

Neugebauer  is  known  to  his  friends  as  a  great 
craftsman.  He  loved  working  with  tools,  according 
to  Dick  Parker,  and  at  one  time  he  constructed  an 
elaborate  model  train  system  for  his  son,  "but  I 
think  he  got  as  much  enjoyment  out  of  it  as  his  son 
did,"  Parker  says.  "He  had  the  track  running 
across  a  hall  from  one  room  into  another  and  back 
again,  and  in  the  rooms  he  had  a  whole  interstate 
commerce  system  set  up."  Neugebauer's  wife, 
Crete,  died  in  1970;  he  also  has  a  daughter. 

"The  department  has  always  gotten  along 
ver}'  well  as  people,"  Sachs  says.  "Surprisingly 
enough,  that  seems  to  be  a  pretty  rare  thing  from 
what  1  hear  about  other  departments  elsewhere." 
"A  phalanx  of  us  would  go  over  for  coffee  every 
day  to  the  Blue  Room,"  Parker  remembers.  Some 


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of  the  department  members  have  even  evolved  af- 
fectionate nicknames  for  each  other.  Neugebauer 
is  the  Elephant;  Sachs,  the  Owl;  Sach's  wife,  Janet, 
the  Rabbit.  Neugebauer  dedicated  A  Histon/  of  An- 
cient Mathematical  Astrononn/  to  "the  Owl  and  the 
Rabbit."  One  epigraph  was  from  Owl  in  The  House 
at  Pooh  Corner:  "The  opposite  of  an  Introduction  is 
a  Contradiction." 

Sachs  is,  perhaps,  somewhat  owlish  —  and 
somewhat  contradictory.  He  is  solemn,  quiet, 
withdrawn  —  also  warm,  generous,  and  passion- 
ate about  detail.  He  has  excelled  at  making  "joins" 
between  fragments  of  cuneiform  tablets,  his  acute 
memory  and  total  immersion  in  his  subject  en- 
abling him  to  make  the  crucial  connections.  (See 
figure.)  Once,  for  instance,  Sachs  was  able  to  fit 
three  pieces  together  in  the  British  Museum.  He 
had  a  sound  hunch,  however,  that  another  frag- 
ment from  a  collection  in  Leyden,  Holland,  be- 
longed to  the  same  original  tablet.  When  a  meehng 
of  cuneiformists  was  held  in  London,  Sachs  ar- 
ranged for  the  piece  from  Leyden  to  cross  the 
Channel.  He  rushed  it  up  to  a  photo  lab  in  the 
British  Museum  where  it  was  photographed  with 
the  other  fragments  —  it  fit,  of  course  —  and  the 
piece  of  clay  tablet  was  then  transported  safely 
back  to  Holland. 

Sachs  seems  to  feel  pressed  for  time,  and  he 
does  not  welcome  interruptions  of  his  work  — 
whether  they  be  from  a  "constipated"  museum 
curator  unwilling  to  let  him  see  tablets,  or  from  a 


journalist  anxious  to  learn  about  his  research.  At 
present  he  is  working  on  an  edition  of  some  1,400 
astronomical  "diaries"  from  the  British  Museum. 
These  tablets  span  the  years  from  about  700  B.C.  to 
about  50  B.C.,  though  the  bulk  are  from  300  B.C. 
on.  The  texts  are  essentially  daily  astronomical  ob- 
servations of  the  moon  and  the  position  of  the 
planets.  "They  report  in  the  bad  weather  season  — 
winter  —  on  meteorological  events:  thunder, 
lightning,  storms,  etc.  And  at  the  end  of  each 
month  —  which  is  the  end  of  each  paragraph  — 
they  record  the  prices  of  certain  standard  items: 
barley,  wool,  and  how  much  could  be  bought  for 
one  shekel  of  silver.  Then  they  report  on  any 
kind  of  local  or  national  event  —  the  death  of 
Alexander,  for  instance  —  or  raids  by  nomads  that 
forced  the  people  off  into  the  swamps,  or  some- 
thing trivial  like  a  wolf  entering  the  city  and  killing 
off  dogs.  A  serious  effort  was  made  to  give  factual 
reports  of  things.  They  clearly  distinguished  the 
report  of  something  they  had  heard  from  some- 
thing they  had  seen. 

"We  can  only  speculate  as  to  how  these  com- 
binations came  to  be  recorded,"  Sachs  says.  "I 
might  suggest  that  an  effort  was  being  made  to  col- 
lect empirical  materials  relating  astronomy  and 
meterological  events  with  economic  and  political 
events  so  that  new  omens  could  be  worked  up. 
Their  theory  was  that  the  gods  had  established  the 
fate  of  things  in  advance  and  omens  made  it  pos- 
sible for  ordinary  people  to  see  what  the  gods  had 


At  left  are  fragments  of  a  single  cuneiform  tablet,  which 
Abe  Sachs  was  able  to  'join'  using  his  knowledge  of  the 
text's  astronomical  content.  Below  are  the  copies  of  these 
texts  made  by  Pinches  and  pieced  together  by  Sachs. 


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predicted  for  their  future. 

"Once  they  started  recording,"  Sachs  sighs, 
"they  kept  on  month  after  month,  century  after 
century.  The  astronomical  events  allow  us  to  pin- 
point the  death  of  Alexander  on  a  precise  date. 
Recently  I've  been  pleased  that  the  report  of  a 
total  solar  eclipse  in  one  of  my  texts  was  used  by 
modern  astronomers.  The  ancients  said  it  was  a 
total  eclipse,  which  of  course  you  don't  believe 
(they  had  no  instruments  and  made  all  observa- 
tions with  the  naked  eye),  but  they  also  mention 
the  sighting  of  certain  stars  which  cannot  be  ob- 
served except  during  a  total  eclipse.  So  you  see 
they  gave  corroborating  evidence.  The  modern 
astronomers  said  it  was  the  best  record  from  all 
antiquity." 

Sachs  has  been  aided  in  his  work  bv  a  book  of 
tables  listing  the  positions  of  the  sun,  moon,  and 
planets  as  thc\'  would  have  been  seen  from  Bah\'- 


Gerahi  Toomer,  in  his  scmifinr  on  Translation  in  Latin 
Poetn/.  Each  dqiartment  member  offers  courses,  often  in 
conjunction  with  the  classics  department ,  but  their 
students  arefeiv.  Last  year  one  classics  graduate  student 
studied  Greek  paleography  with  David  Pingree  and 
worked  on  translating  a  Greek  alchemical  manuscript  in 
the  John  Hai/  Library.  Others  have  studied  Sanskrit, 
Babylonian  mathematics,  the  history  of  ancient 
Mesopotamia. 

"It  is  essential  for  a  graduate  student  to  be  able  to 
read  the  languages  concerned,"  Toomer  says,  "becmise 
we  work  with  primary  sources.  We  have  turned  down  a 
number  of  people  loho  were  not  prepared  to  do  that." 


Ion  at  one,  five,  and  ten-day  intervals  from  601 
B.C.  to  1  A.D.  A  truly  astronomical  task,  these 
figures  were  complied  in  1962  with  the  aid  of  an 
IBM  computer  bv  Bryant  Tuckerman,  working  at 
the  Institute  for  Advanced  Study  and  then  at  IBM. 
Sachs  uses  these  tables  to  help  date  the  tablets, 
comparing  the  observations  they  contain  with  the 
computer's  "ideal"  positions.  "I,  of  course,  have 
computed  quite  a  lot  of  these  things  myself," 
Neugebauer  savs.  "I  would  never  have  gotten  into 
these  things  if  I  hadn't  gotten  my  fingers  dirty,  but 
now,  of  course  ..." 

Contrary  to  all  preceding  evitlence,  the 
History  of  Mathematics  Department  at 
Brown  is  not  a  two- man  show.  Gerald 
Toomer  trained  in  classics  at  Oxford  in  his  native 
England  and  became  interested  in  the  history  of 
Greek  mathematics  and  Greek  astronomy.  What 
better  place  to  come  than  Brown?  —  which  he  did 
as  a  special  student  in  1959.  Toomer  returned  to 
Corpus  Christi  College  at  Oxford  to  teach  classics 
in  1961,  but  gladly  came  back  to  Brown  in  1965 
when  a  position  t)pened  in  the  History  of  Mathe- 
matics Department.  "My  own  interests  are  in  the 
history  of  the  mathematical  sciences  in  antiquity 
and  the  transmission  of  these  systems  through 
Arabic  into  medieval  Europe,"  Toomer  says. 
"What  we  do  ranges  well  over  1,000  years  in  time 
but  we're  all  concerned  with  much  the  same 
things." 

Toomer  is  currently  working  on  a  translation 
of  V\.o\c'm\' s  Almagest ,  the  standard  work  in  Greek 
astronomy.  Ptolemy  was  translated  into  Arabic  in 
the  ninth  century,  he  explains,  "and  our  earliest 
Greek  manuscripts  are  from  about  the  same  time. 
It  turns  out  we  can  learn  quite  a  lot  from  the  Arabic 
translations,  verifying  numerical  notations,  etc. 
What  you  have  in  astronomy  is  what  you  might 
call  a  'world  picture,'  codified  by  (he  Almagest . 
This  remains  essentially  unchanged  until  the  six- 
teenth century.  It's  the  longest  unbroken  concept 
—  the  geometrical  and  theoretical  aspects  com- 
bined and  codified  by  Ptolemy  —  in  science.  The 
interesting  thing  is  how  pervasive  it  is.  We're  also, 
of  course,  interested  in  the  break-up  of  this  world 
view  in  the  sixteenth  century,  first  with  Coper- 
nicus and  then  with  Kepler,  who  was  one  of  the 
greatest  minds  of  all  times.  Kepler  represents  the 
real  break  with  the  past.  Copernicus  didn't  get  out 
of  it,  but  Kepler  did. 

"What  I  would  really  like  to  do,"  says  Toomer 
enthusiastically,  "is  a  history  of  the  study  of  conic 
sections.  As  a  preliminary  project  I'd  like  to  pro- 
duce a  proper  edition  and  translation  of  the  part 
of  Apollonius's  conies  that  only  exists  in  Arabic." 


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David  Pingree  is  the  latest,  and  to  this  date 
final,  addition  to  the  History  of  Mathe- 
matics Department.  He  arrived  in  1971 
after  having  taught  at  the  University  of  Chicago 
since  1963.  Pingree,  too,  is  interested  in  the  trans- 
mission of  scientific  ideas  from  one  culture  to 
another,  and  the  ways  in  which  the  recipient  cul- 
ture may  alter  the  ideas  in  order  to  render  them  ac- 
ceptable. "I  was  interested  in  Greek  when  I  was 
quite  young,"  Pingree  says  in  an  exceedingly  quiet 
voice,  "and  I  quite  early  thought  that  if  one  was 
going  to  do  Greek,  one  ought  to  do  Sanskrit  as 
well.  As  an  undergraduate  [at  Harvard]  I  did 
classics  and  Sanskrit  and  I  was  interested  in  the  re- 
lations in  antiquity  between  India  and  the  West. 
After  graduation  I  went  to  study  Byzantine  pale- 
ography at  the  Vatican  and  I  found  a  reference 
to  a  Greek  astrologer.  I  didn't  know  that  the 
Byzantines  knew  about  astrology,  and  I  thought 
this  was  interesting."  Otto  Neugebauer  was  asked 
by  Harvard  to  read  Pingree's  thesis  because  it 
touched  upon  his  field.  "I  thought  immediately, 
'That's  a  man  who's  really  very  promising,'  " 
Neugebauer  recalls. 

Pingree  is  a  versatile  man  —  as  are  all  the 
members  of  the  department.  Not  only  does  he 
work  in  Greek,  Latin,  Arabic,  and  Sanskrit,  but 
he's  also  a  bit  of  the  private  eye.  For  instance,  he 
once  noticed  in  a  catalogue  a  listing  for  a  Sanskrit 
manuscript  in  Kathmandu  titled  "The  Horoscope 
of  the  Greeks."  "I  knew  it  from  a  very  brief  cata- 
logue listing  the  chapter  headings  and  it  turned 
out  to  be  the  earliest  Sanskrit  manuscript  on  Greek 
astrology.  It's  from  the  third  century  A.D.  based 
on  a  second-century  translation  from  the  Greek 
and  this  represents  one  of  the  earliest  Greek  texts 
we  know  about,  though  it  is  lost  in  the  Greek.  The 
manuscript  itself  is  from  the  thirteenth  century,  a 
copy  of  the  original." 

In  1975  Pingree  was  elected  to  the  American 
Philosophical  Society.  Half  of  Brown's  History  of 
Mathematics  Department  was  thus  represented  in 
the  highly  select  group.  Only  two  other  Brown 
professors  are  members,  as  is  University  Fellow 
John  Nicholas  Brown. 

This  year  Pingree  is  on  sabbatical,  editing  a 
Latin  text  on  black  magic  at  the  Institute  for  Ad- 
vanced Study  in  Princeton.  "There  are  twenty-six 
or  so  copies  of  this  text,"  Pingree  says.  "I  shall 
compare  them  to  see  which  are  copies  of  which 
and  attempt  to  reconstruct  the  archetype.  This  text 
is  essentially  a  translation  of  an  Arabic  text,  so  we 
can  see  what  changes  the  Latin  translator  made 
from  the  Arabic  original.  It's  a  very  important  text 
for  the  transmission  of  this  sort  of  esoteric  pseudo- 
science  from  the  East  to  the  West.  It  was  the  stan- 
dard text  in  Western  Europe  for  those  who  oper- 
ated in  black  magic,  and  this  included  quite  a 
number  of  important  people  —  Elias  Ashmole, 
founder  of  the  Ashmolean  Museum  and  the  Royal 
Society;  Cornelius  Agrippa  in  the  early  sixteenth 
century;  as  well  as  people  like  Ficino." 

Hidden  on  a  back  wall  in  David  Pingree's 


David  Pingree  is  on  sabbatical  this  year 
editing  a  Latin  text  on  black  magic. 

office,  behind  the  mountains  of  manuscripts  and 
overburdened  bookcases,  is,  for  this  softspoken, 
scholarly  man,  a  most  incongruous  poster.  It  is  of 
Farrah  Fawcett-Majors  in  a  red  bathing  suit.  Was  it 
a  gift  from  his  teenage  daughter?  A  student  prank? 
David  Pingree,  with  lines  deep  around  his  eyes, 
just  smiles.  His  face  is  like  a  foreign  text,  awaiting 
translation. 

The  History  of  Mathematics  Department  at 
Brown,  it  should  be  noted,  has  never  lim- 
ited itself  to  the  study  of  the  history  of 
mathematics.  Mathematics  is  a  tool  used  in  as- 
tronomy, and  astronomy  is  a  science  corrupted  in 
astrology.  If  to  some  extent  Pingree's  study  of  In- 
dian astrology,  Toomer's  work  on  Greek  as- 
tronomy, Sachs's  immersion  in  Babylonian  as- 
tronomical observations,  and  Neugebauer's  explo- 
ration of  Ethiopic  calendars  seem  like  isolated  is- 
lands in  a  vast  and  murky  sea,  it  is  because  they 
are  in  the  very  process  of  establishing  the  shipping 
routes.  What  we  know  about  man's  early  history, 
and  thus  the  history  of  science,  depends  com- 
pletely on  the  records  that  have  survived  —  as  mis- 
leading and  fragmented  as  they  are.  Yet  the  aim  of 
the  department  members  is  to  show,  as  best  they 
can,  how  scientific  knowledge  was  transmitted 
and  translated  from  one  culture  to  another. 

In  Wilbour  Hall,  standing  defiantly  in  the 
shadow  of  the  Rock,  the  work  continues.  Slowly, 
increment  by  increment,  the  sum  of  what  man 
knows  about  the  history  of  his  world  and  his 
thought  is  being  added  up.  At  the  close  of  the 
preface  to  A  History  of  A)icient  Mathematical  As- 
tronomy,  Otto  Neugebauer,  then  seventy-six, 
wrote  in  Greek:  "And  so  I  return  .  .  .  as  if  I  had  not 
begun." 


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A  Retrospective 


What  strikes  the  stranger  right  off  about 
Walter  Feldman,  professor  of  art,  is  his 
warmth.  His  eyes  do  twinkle.  His  voice 
is  deep  and  fluid.  He  invites  you  in  —  to  his  studio, 
offering  coffee;  to  his  work,  suggesting  meaning; 
to  his  life,  sharing  its  riches. 

This  is  Waher  Feldman's  twenty-fifth  year  at 
Brown  and,  in  keeping  with  the  spirit  of  the  man, 
the  Brown  Alut7ini  Monthly  invites  you  to  attend  a 
retrospective  of  his  work  —  limited,  we  regret  to 
say,  by  the  constraints  of  our  gallery  space. 

In  your  catalogue  for  this  exhibition  you  may 
note  that  Walter  Feldman  was  born  in  Lynn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1925.  He  grew  up  in  Chelsea  in  a 
Russian-Polish-Jewish  community  surrounded  by 
Irish.  His  father  had  a  small  grocery  store  and  did 
tailoring  on  the  side;  his  mother  sewed  fancy 
stitching  in  a  shoe  factory.  Though  he  was  con- 
stantly sketching  as  a  child  —  "I  used  to  do  it  on 
those  little,  tiny  white  blocks  that  cost  a  penny," 
he  recalls  —  Walter  did  not  get  much  support  for 
his  desire  to  be  an  artist.  His  parents  relented 
enough  to  let  him  take  art  classes  every  Saturday 
at  the  Boston  Museum.  His  first  show,  at  age  six- 
teen, was  at  the  local  public  library.  But  how  could 
it  be  known  in  high  school  that  he  liked  to  paint? 
"I  really  had  to  join  the  football  team,  literally," 
Walter  says.  "I  still  have  the  scars  to  this  day  ...  I 
had  bad  eyes.  That's  why  they  made  me  the  first 
scout  in  an  infantry  company  when  I  went  into  the 
Army.  The  first  scout  is  supposed  to  draw  fire,  not 
to  go  out  looking  for  the  enemy  vital  points  as  the 
name  implies." 

Walter  Feldman  drew  fire.  In  the  Battle  of  Ar- 
dennes he  was  wounded  in  the  back  by  shrapnel 
from  artillery  shells.  Recuperating  in  Paris,  he  was 
told  he  would  never  walk  again.  But  he  did. 
"Through  the  pain  I  learned  how  to  paint,  too. 
Pain  and  painting,  1  learned  that  strange  verbal 
connection." 

The  GI  Bill  enabled  Walter  to  attend  the  Yale 
University  School  of  Fine  Arts  (B.F.A.  1950)  and 
the  Yale  School  of  Design  (M.F.A.  1951).  While 
there  he  studied  with  Josef  Albers  and  Willem  de 
Kooning,  who  influenced  him  greatly. 

In  1950  he  received  the  Alice  Kimball  English 
Traveling  Fellowship  and  traveled  abroad,  and  in 
1953  he  joined  the  Brown  faculty.  He  was  the  lone 


professor  teaching  studio  art.  His  only  consti- 
tuency, he  found,  was  students  from  Pembroke. 
"Men  used  to  be  thought  suspect  if  they  took  an 
art  course,"  he  says  (this  from  a  man  who  has 
three  campaign  stars).  "I  used  to  go  to  the  frater- 
nities and  tell  them  how  you  really  had  to  know 
yourself  to  do  art.  It  took  a  long  time  before  we 
had  equality  of  that  kind." 

Feldman  spent  1956-57  studying  mosaics  and 
stained  glass  windows  in  Rome  on  a  Fulbright  Fel- 
lowship. One  of  his  most  exciting  moments,  he  re- 
calls, was  when  he  won  the  gold  medal  at  the 
Mostra  Internazionale  in  Milan.  "They  sent  tele- 
grams to  every  major  city  and  intercepted  my  wife 
and  me  in  Florence,"  he  says.  "You  know,  you 
think  you're  anonymous.  .  .  ." 

In  1961-62  as  a  Howard  Foundation  Fellow, 
Feldman  spent  the  year  in  Mexico.  "I  chose  to  go 
to  Mexico  because  I  wanted  to  experience  a  com- 
pletely different  culture  and  I'd  always  admired 
the  Mexican  mural  painters.  A  person  can  get 
complacent,"  he  reflects,  "and  you  have  to  be 
careful  of  that  when  you're  a  painter." 

Between  1966  and  1968  Feldman  designed  a 
thirty-two  panel  mural  for  Temple  Emanuel  in 
Providence.  "It  was  the  most  saHsfying  opportu- 
nity I  have  ever  had,"  he  says,  "painting  in  a 
house  of  worship.  Also  the  themes  of  the  panels, 
half  dealing  with  the  prophets  and  prophecies, 
half  with  the  holidays,  gave  me  an  opportunity  to 
deal  with  a  range  of  emotions  that  1  had  not  been 
able  to  deal  with  before." 

Feldman  has  spent  a  year  as  a  visiting  profes- 
sor at  Harvard  and  another  year  at  the  University 
of  California  at  Riverside,  both  painting  and  teach- 
ing. He  paints  wherever  he  is  (except  when  travel- 
ing) on  a  regular  working  schedule.  "I've  learned 
to  concentrate,"  he  says.  "I  think  it  used  to  be  very 
hard,  teaching  and  painting,  but  if  you  can  learn  to 
concentrate,  then  I  think  it's  workable." 

Does  he  ever  run  into  dry  spells?  "Oh  sure," 
he  replies  quickly.  "That's  why  the  studio  is  clean 
.  .  .  whenever  1  start  to  clean  up  I  know  that  I  have 
to  reorganize  and  start  fresh.  If  you  know  what  fal- 
low is,  then  it  doesn't  bother  you  —  you  know 
what  you're  going  to  do."  D.S. 


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Feldman  on  Feldman: 

The  artist  comments  on  his  works 


THE  FINAL  AGONY  1952 
Woodcut 


The  artist  today  expresses  himself  through  a  series 
of  works  which  tend  to  unfold  in  time,  perhaps 
like  a  concerto.  Every  artist  discovers  his  own  sum 
of  knowledge  which  will  be  his  language,  his  own 
manner  of  saying  —  what  everyone  knows,  yet  is 
unmindful  of  it  for  whatever  reason.  We  might  say 
that  through  art  the  incommunicable  expresses  it- 
self without  ceasing  to  be  a  mysterv. 

Art  exists  in  layers  of  meaning  —  like  the 
strata  of  an  archaeological  dig.  Each  succeeding 
layer  may  help  us  understand  the  next  one,  yet  we 
may  get  pleasure,  meaning,  and  satisfaction  from 
each  alone. 


The  Final  Agom/  (above)  was  the  first  woodcut  I 
ever  made.  An  artist  friend  insisted  that  1  should 
explore  this  avenue  of  printmaking  and  brought 


me  a  beautiful  single,  large  piece  of  wood,  and 
loaned  me  his  tools  as  well.  The  imagery  imme- 
diately took  place  —  there  was  no  hesitation 
(lots  of  palm  blisters  I  discovered  later)  in  design- 
ing and  cutHng  the  form. 

Tlie  Final  Agoni/,  of  course,  is  the  crucifixion.  I 
submitted  it  to  an  exhibition  at  the  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art  and  when  it  received  an  award  I 
called  my  friend  to  tell  him  about  it.  "Do  you 
know  where  I  found  that  big  hunk  of  wood?"  he 
said.  'Tt  came  from  the  Bible  stand  of  an  aban- 
doned church." 

Although  by  the  time  I  cut  this  block  I  was 
already  moving  toward  a  more  abstract  image,  I 
made  constant  reference  to  early  Christian  sym- 
bolism —  as,  for  example,  the  die  at  the  bottom  of 
the  cross  and  the  skull  which  is  a  reference  to  the 
first  man,  Adam. 


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STELE  OF  THE  JAGUAR  #2  1963 

0(7  on  canvas 


Stele  of  tlie  laguar  is  an  example  of  one  of  the  paint- 
ings I  did  while  living  in  Mexico  for  a  year.  Carved 
glyphs  pulsated  a  meaning  that  was  not  easy  to 
understand.  But  I  remember  that  Carl  Jung  had 
warned  us  in  Man  and  His  Symbols  that  "we  have 
stripped  all  things  of  their  mystery  and  numinos- 
ity  —  and  nothing  is  holy  anymore."  I  wanted 
some  things  to  be  holy. 

I  wanted  to  clothe  my  images  with  their  mys- 
tery once  again.  The  references  are  to  events  that 
took  place  in  the  twilight  of  time;  events  that  have 
become  somehow  part  of  our  collective  memory. 


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MASADA  1969 

Acrylic  on  board 


GATES  OF  PARADISE  1966 

Collage,  graphite  and  acrylic 


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• 


-^      P. 


DON  QUIXOTE  1975 

Grapliite,  aluminum  and  ink  on  paper 


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Gates  of  Paradise  (far  left,  opposite  page)  is  part  of  a 
series  done  on  paper  with  collage  and  paint.  It's 
interesting  that  it  refers  to  the  concept  of  time  that 
I'm  working  on  now.  These  are  in  fact  eighteenth- 
century  engravings  from  the  Diderot  encyclo- 
pedia. Sometimes  you're  not  aware  of  the  col- 
lage element  because  I  want  it  to  have  the  quality 
of  inevitability. 

Masada  (top  left)  is  characteristic  of  a  large  group  of 
paintings  I  did  after  a  trip  to  the  Mideast  in  which 
I  met  Yigael  Yadin,  the  archaeologist  in  charge  of 
the  Masada  excavations.  In  70  A.D.  the  Romans 
attacked  Jerusalem  and  finally  destroyed  the  mili- 
tary sh-ength  of  the  Judean  army.  But  a  small 
group  of  Judeans,  rather  than  fall  into  the  hands  of 
the  Romans,  killed  themselves  on  top  of  this 
desolate  mountain  overlooking  the  Dead  Sea. 

When  I  visited  there  my  reaction  was  that  the 
things  I  painted  should  all  be  in  black  and  white 
and  should  deal  with  the  humanity  rather  than  the 
mountain.  The  linear  elements  became  obsessive 
until  I  discovered  that  they  referred  to  the  underly- 
ing muscular  structure  after  the  top  layers  of  skin 
are  removed.  I  had  spent  some  time  looking  at 
medical  magazines  in  a  doctor's  office.  This,  in  ef- 
fect, symbolized  for  me  a  revelation,  a  truth  be- 
yond the  surface. 

I  am,  for  want  of  a  better  description,  a  romantic 
painter  —  and  naturally  I  love  the  story  of  Don 
Quixote.  In  Don  Quixote  (bottom  left)  I  played  with 
the  notion  of  armor  and  poetry.  The  rivets  have 
no  structural  reason  but  suggest  that  there  is  great 
strength  needed  to  protect  man's  hopes.  The  po- 
etry of  our  existence  requires  an  ever  watchful 
guardianship  —  the  armor  —  if  we  are  to  retain 
our  humanness.  James  Schevill  collaborated  by 
writing  nineteen  short  poems  which  I  incorpo- 
rated into  my  drawings. 

Baharak  (at  right)  has  references  to  my  experiences 
in  the  war,  but  also  to  summer  and  quiet  and  con- 
templation. Some  of  the  forms  come  from  looking 
at  the  ancient  monuments  like  Stonehenge  and  the 
pyramids  in  Mexico  —  big,  elemental. 

The  notions  I  was  dealing  with  did  not  seem 
appropriate  in  paint.  They  would  become  too  soft. 
They  had  to  be  said  through  the  act  of  destroying. 
What  I  wanted  was  that  through  the  destruction  a 
new  thing  would  grow,  one  that  could  only  be 
born  that  way. 

As  1  wrote  in  the  preface  to  a  catalogue;  I  hope  that 
my  work  invades  your  privacy  —  but  with  tender- 
ness and  courtesy.  If  they  produce  an  occasional 
shiver,  1  hope  that  it  is  like  the  man  who  reached 
for  his  matches  in  a  black  and  midnight  room  only 
to  have  them  gently  placed  in  his  hand. 

—  Walter  Feldiiiaii 


BARBARAK  1978 

Collage,  acrylic,  canvas  on  masonite 


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MEN  AND  WOMEN  ON  CAMPUS: 

The  educational 

implications  of 

sex  roles  in  ti'ansition 


By  Debra  Shore 


"The  newly  raised  couscwusness  of  women 
is  in  some  respects  fragile, "  wrote  Joseph 
Katz,  director  of  human  development  and 
educational  policxi  at  the  State  University  of 
Nile  York  at  Stoni/  Brook,  m  a  rquvt  on 
Men  and  Women  on  Campus.  "Particularly 
in  the  intellectual  and  academic  spheres 
there  is  still  a  tendenc]/  for  -women  to  think 
themselves  as  not  quite  on  a  par  with  men." 

The  move  by  many  colleges  and  uni- 
versities to  become  coeducational  in  the  late 
1960s  and  early  1970s  may  be  seen  as  one 
skirmish  in  -what  a  noted  educator  has  called 
"the  most  miportant  social  rrvolutioii  of  the 
century"  —  namely,  the  sexual  ra>olution. 
If  so,  what  has  been  the  impact  of  coeduca- 
tion on  the  young  men  and  -women  involved? 

In  1977  Brown  received  grants  total- 
ing $70,000  from  the  Ford  Foun- 
dation and  the  Rockefeller  Family 
Fund  to  conduct  a  study  of  "the  edu- 
cational implications  of  changing  roles 
of  men  and  women  within  our  culture." 
A  Corporation  committee  analyzing  the 
status  of  women  students  at  Brown  had 
recommended  that  a  study  of  the  issues 
surrounding  coeducation  should  in- 
clude several  institutions.  Carole  Le- 
land,  dean  of  the  College  of  Human  De- 
velopment at  Pennsylvania  State  Uni- 
versity, was  appointed  the  project's  di- 
rector; Lois  Monteiro,  assistant  profes- 
sor of  community  health  and  sociology, 
served  as  Brown's  campus  coordinator. 


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and  Kay  Hall,  associate  director  of 
Brown's  Learning  Assistance  and  As- 
sessment Bureau,  was  research  associ- 
ate for  the  study.  Together  with  an  out- 
side advisory  team,  they  composed  a 
fifty-question  attitude-and-behavior 
survey  and  this  was  then  given  to  over 
3,000  randomly  selected  men  and  wom- 
en undergraduates  at  Brown,  Dart- 
mouth, Wellesley,  Princeton,  Barnard, 
and  the  State  University  of  New  York  at 
Stony  Brook. 

The  preliminary  results  from  that 
survey  were  announced  at  the  Brown 
conference,  attended  by  representatives 
of  thirty-three  northeastern  colleges  and 
universities.  This  conference,  supported 
by  the  Carnegie  Corporation,  included 
intensive  discussions  of  the  findings 
and  their  implications  as  well  as  ad- 
dresses by  several  major  figures  in 
higher  education. 

The  survey  focused  on  four  areas: 
academic  performance;  student-faculty 
relations;  values,  attitudes,  and  social 
relations;  and  career  goals  and  plan- 
ning. The  results  will  be  further 
analyzed  and  correlated  to  make 
school-by-school  comparisons,  but 
among  the  preliminary  findings  were 
these: 

D  That  though  women  enter  col- 
lege with  substantially  higher  academic 
records  than  men,  once  in  college  their 
performance  as  measured  by  grades  is 
somewhat  lower  than  that  of  men. 

D  That  the  women  students'  intel- 
lectual self-esteem  was  significantly 
lower  than  that  of  the  men,  and  that  this 
was  true  for  all  the  instihrhons  sur- 
veyed. 

D  That  men  were  more  likely  to 


have  gained  in  intellectual  competence 
and  to  feel  well-prepared  for  graduate 
or  professional  school,  and  that  women 
were  more  likely  to  put  off  graduate 
study  for  two  years  or  more. 

D  Nearly  three-quarters  of  the 
men  and  women  felt  faculty  demanded 
high  quality  work  from  them,  but  a 
third  or  less  felt  faculty  offered  helpful 
advice,  taught  important  skills,  helped 
them  to  feel  confident,  positively  ac- 
knowledged their  ideas,  or  gave  reading 
and  writing  assignments  very  valuable 
to  academic  growth. 

D  Women  respondents  appeared 
more  conscientious  than  men  in  prepar- 
ing for  classes,  taking  notes,  completing 
assignments,  and  getting  involved  in 
the  subject  matter.  Women  in  single-sex 
classroom  settings  were  apt  to  feel  more 
positively  about  their  courses  and  fac- 
ulty interactions  than  either  men  or 
women  in  coeducational  settings. 

D  There  was  little  difference  be- 
tween men  and  women  in  their  contact 
with  faculty  on  committees,  in  discus- 
sions, in  sponsorship  situations,  social- 
ly, and  in  employment,  yet  women 
consistently  reported  a  slightly  higher 
degree  of  interaction  with  facult\'. 

n  Three-quarters  of  both  men  and 
women  reported  that  sexuality  is  an  im- 
portant part  of  their  lives  and  by  their 
senior  year  less  than  15  percent  of  both 
sexes  reported  they  had  not  had  a  sex- 
ual relationship.  More  than  hvice  as 
many  women  as  men  said  they  take 
responsibility  for  contraception  and  felt 
that  two  people  should  know  each  other 
quite  well  before  becoming  involved  in 
a  sexual  relationship. 

D  Almost  half  of  the  men  and 


women  felt  that  living  in  a  coed  dor- 
mitory made  it  easier  to  have  friends  of 
the  opposite  sex. 

D  While  68  percent  of  the  women 
said  they  plan  to  work  full-time,  76  per- 
cent of  the  men  said  they  do  not  think 
mothers  of  infants  should  work,  and  48 
percent  of  the  men  said  mothers  of 
children  aged  two  to  five  should  not 
work. 

D  Both  men  and  women  listed 
their  worries,  in  order  of  importance,  as: 
future,  academic  matters,  interpersonal 
matters,  personal  feelings. 

D  Most  students  did  not  cite  any 
institutional  factors  in  their  career 
decision-making,  such  as  counseling  or 
career  services,  etc.  They  tend,  instead, 
to  rely  on  their  parents,  their  peers,  and 
their  work  and  volunteer  experiences. 

D  More  than  50  percent  of  the  men 
and  women  said  that  more  interest  in 
career  planning  from  professors  would 
have  been  helpful.  About  half  felt  fac- 
ulty were  interested  in  their  personal 
development. 

Further  results  from  the  survey, 
including  data  from  a  separate  ques- 
tionnaire sent  to  Brown  alumni  and 
alumnae,  are  to  be  tabulated  and  pre- 
sented to  the  Corporation  in  May. 

In  his  address  to  the  conference, 
David  Truman,  former  faculty 
member  at  Bennington,  Harvard, 
Williams,  and  Columbia,  former  pro- 
vost at  Columbia,  for  nine  years  presi- 
dent of  Mount  Holyoke  College,  and 
now  president  of  the  Russell  Sage 
Foundation,  said  that  colleges  and  uni- 
versities persist  in  making  educational 
decisions  "in  tortured  ignorance,"  that 


there  was  not  —  and  is  not  even  now  — 
a  large  body  of  good  research  on  the 
special  educational  needs  of  late- 
adolescent  females,  or  males. 

"The  issue  of  differing  educational 
needs  of  the  sexes  remains  with  us,"  he 
said.  "Though  it  may  be  more  urgent, 
more  challenging  as  it  affects  young 
women,  it  also  bears  on  the  situation  of 
young  males.  Confusion  in  role  defini- 
tion, self-doubt,  and  the  anxieties  as- 
sociated with  nonconformity,  real  or 
contemplated,  are  not  a  monopoly  of 
the  young  female,  though  with  her  they 
may  be  more  criHcal  and  more  con- 
spicuous. And  if  learning  to  value  other 
women  is  essential  to  a  young  woman's 
developing  her  own  appropriate  self- 
esteem,  which  seems  to  occur  more 
readily  and  effectively  in  a  women's  col- 
lege, the  young  male  has  much  the 
same  problem,  profoundly  different  in 
degree,  but  not  really  different  in  kind.  I 
am  persuaded  in  any  event  that  the 
almost  total  abandonment  of  the 
single-sex  college  for  males  violated,  at 
minimum,  one  of  the  few  certainties  in 
our  world:  that  we  don't  know  enough 
about  education  to  make  all  institutions 
alike." 

If  colleges  and  universities  ever 
hope  to  meet  the  special  needs  of  male 
and  female  students  in  the  years  ahead, 
Truman  added,  "and  if  the  educational 
enterprise  is  not  to  be  as  subject  to  fash- 
ion as  the  width  of  men's  ties  and  the 
length  of  women's  skirts,  one  major 
condition  is  that  more  —  or  at  least 
something  —  must  be  known  sys- 
tematically about  the  patterns  of  cogni- 
tive and  mora!  development  among  the 
late  adolescents  who  are  and  will  re- 


main the  principal  objects  of  our  con- 
cern. .  .  . 

"Without  the  developmental 
knowledge  that  we  need,  without  the 
kinds  of  curricular  decisions  that  must 
follow,  1  see  no  reasonable  likelihood 
that  undergraduate  colleges  are  going  to 
be  able  to  successfully  navigate  the 
treacherous  passage  between  what  we 
may  loosely  call  vocationalism  and  an 
isolationist  and  exclusive  preoccupation 
with  the  liberal  arts  as  we  convention- 
ally view  them.  .  .  . 

"Because  the  pressures  now  lie  in 
this  direction  of  vocational  concern,  so 
do  the  dangers,  given  our  rudderless 
exposure  to  the  winds  of  fashion.  They 
will  blow  from  more  than  just  voca- 
tionalism in  its  simple  form.  TTiey  will 
come,  they  are  coming,  much  more 
strongly  from  an  associated  pressure 
that  can  be  called  the  Future  Shock  fal- 
lacy or  half-truth.  This  is  the  proposi- 
tion that,  since  so  many  things  are 
changed  and  will  be  changing,  every- 
thing is  or  will  be  new.  It  should  be  ob- 
vious that  this  is  not  the  case,  although 
we  should  never  underestimate  our 
ability  to  ignore  the  obvious.  Com- 
puters, microwave  relays,  and  space 
travel  have  not  changed  fundamental 
moral  problems  or  the  essence  of 
tragedy.  Why  else,  as  a  friend  observed 
to  me  the  other  day,  do  Aeschylus, 
Plato,  Augusttne,  and  Shakespeare 
speak  to  us  so  clearly  across  the  cen- 
turies? In  a  wild  enthusiasm  for  what 
Robert  Hutchins  called  the  'cult  of  im- 
mediacy,' we  will  not  avoid  being  pris- 
oners by  persuading  ourselves  that  we 
are  not  prisoners  of  the  past." 


Rosemary  Park,  a  member  of  the 
Carnegie  Council  for  Policy 
Studies  in  Higher  Education 
and  former  president  of  Connecticut 
College  and  Barnard  College,  agreed 
with  Truman  that  we  know  all  too  little 
about  the  growth  and  change  of  men 
and  women,  and  not  only  in  late  adoles- 
cence. "Do  we  teach  any  given  subject 
at  the  stage  in  a  young  person's  life 
when  studies  of  human  development 
seem  to  indicate  that  the  individual  is 
most  ready?  If  we  dared  to  examine  the 
entire  spectrum,"  she  said,  "we  might 
find  that  foreign  languages  belong  in 
the  elementary  school,  not  in  college, 
that  logic  is  best  received  in  the  eighth 
grade,  that  computer  skills  could  be 
mastered  in  high  school.  We  might  find, 
too,  that  there  are  differences  between 
the  sexes  with  regard  to  the  age  at 
which  certain  subjects  can  be  acquired 
most  easily.  Or  there  may  be  no  differ- 
ences, but  such  matters  are  surely  im- 
portant for  coeducational  and  single-sex 
institutions  to  determine." 

Innovations  in  American  universi- 
ties. Park  said,  have  rarely  originated  in 
the  universities  themselves.  The  pro- 
fessionalization  of  agriculture  resulting 
from  the  Morrill  Act,  the  expansion  of 
higher  education  initiated  bv  the  Gl  Bill, 
the  extraordinary  development  of  sci- 
entific research  touched  off  by  Sputnik, 
affirmative  action  and  minority  pro- 
grams —  all  have  been  changes  in- 
duced by  economic,  political,  and  social 
pressures.  However,  Park  continued, 
because  higher  education  has  suffered 
an  apparent  decline  in  public  esteem, 
universities  may  now  be  able  to  gener- 
ate policies  and  changes  from  within 


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rather  than  being  subject  to  external 
pressures.  Universities  could  address 
themselves  not  only  to  the  issues  of  ado- 
lescent development  and  attendant 
curricular  decisions,  but  also  to  the  rela- 
tion between  academic  work  and  em- 
ployment, and  to  the  problem  of  in- 
teresting young  people  in  scholarship 
"when  all  of  our  faculties  are  tenured 
in."  Such  "domestic"  issues  can  be 
handled  within  the  university,  Park  felt. 

"The  same,  however,  cannot  be 
maintained  of  the  university  attitude 
toward  the  sexual  revolution.  The  uni- 
versity, God  knows,  did  not  initiate  that 
revolution;  it  can  hardly  be  said  to  have 
welcomed  it.  And  yet  its  policies  can  be 
nurturing  ...  of  the  ideals  of  that  revo- 
lution, or  it  can  serve  to  negate  them. 
.  .  .  This  revolution,  which  is  based  in 
the  society,  will  call,  I  think,  upon  the 
university  only  for  assistance  but  not  for 
leadership.  The  assistance  of  the  uni- 
versity will  consist  in  its  willingness  to 
study  with  increasing  sophistication  the 
role  changes  in  society  and  to  relate 
these  changes  to  a  sustaining  edu- 
cational practice,  through  .  .  .  serious 
and  very  careful  experimentation. 
Though  it  cannot  lead  this  revolution, 
the  university  can,  I  think,  educate 
those  who  will." 

The  responsibility  for  change.  Park 
stressed,  rests  with  the  administration. 
"Indeed,  I  would  like  to  suggest  that 
our  failures  at  general  education  may 
indeed  be  a  function  of  the  weakening 
of  administrative  styles  in  our  lifetime." 

By  style  Park  meant  leadership,  and 
she  called  for  leadership  to  restore  "an 
element  of  value  which  seems  to  be 
missing.  .  .  .  It  rests  with  us  to  maintain 


the  long  view,  to  sort  out  those  prob- 
lems which  are  only  projects  and  to 
identify  those  which  are  indeed  cen- 
tury-old problems.  And  to  not  let 
our  constituents  or  ourselves  lose  hope 
that  one  does  make  some  kind  of  prog- 
ress. 

"I  think  if  we  begin  to  solve  some  of 
our  own  problems  and  reach  some  clar- 
ity about  our  own  convictions,"  she 
said,  "the  likelihood  that  we  can  be 
heard  on  matters  of  greater  generality 
will,  I  think,  increase." 

Finally,  Constantina  SafUios- 
Rothschild,  professor  of  soci- 
ology and  director  of  the  Family 
Research  Center  at  Wayne  State  Uni- 
versity, offered  her  observations  on 
how  men  and  women  behave  in  coedu- 
cational settings.  "What  is  changing?" 
she  asked.  "How  much?  And  what  does 
it  mean?  The  values  about  a  more  egali- 
tarian marriage  have  changed  so  that 
now  it  is  a  very  acceptable  option,  and 
this  is  important.  In  some  milieus,  men 
and  women  perceive  that  the  traditional 
options  don't  exist  anymore  and  some 
end  up  faking  more  liberal  attitudes  be- 
cause those  are  now  the  norm. 

"The  perception  of  men  in  a  group 
about  the  competence  of  women 
changes  drastically  with  the  sex  ratio," 
she  suggested.  "With  more  women, 
men  tend  to  evaluate  them  on  their 
performance  rather  than  relying  on 
stereotypes.  This  is  something  that  can 
be  manipulated  to  some  extent,  by  not 
placing  women  in  situations  in  which 
they  are  marginal.  But  our  policies  have 
tended  in  the  opposite  direction.  At 
many  medical  schools,  women  have 


been  spread  out  instead  of  congregated 
and  thus  they  become  the  only  woman 
in  their  anatomy  group,  which  is  a  very 
marginal  situation. 

"In  discussing  role  models," 
Safilios-Rothschild  said,  "we  need  to 
discuss  who  has  done  ichat  for  women. 
It  may  be  more  a  matter  of  personality 
than  position. 

"In  questions  about  sexist  behavior 
in  a  classroom,  students  recognize  only 
that  sexist  behavior  of  which  they  are 
conscious,  and  there  may  be  many  in- 
stances of  sexist  behavior  that  go  unre- 
cognized —  in  a  biology  or  chemistry  lab 
when  a  woman  has  trouble  with  an  ex- 
periment and  the  professor,  male  or  fe- 
male, jumps  in  to  do  it  for  them,  and  so 
on.  Traditional  fields'  is  a  new  term  we 
have  invented  for  masculine  fields. 

"Men  have  much  more  difficulty  in 
reconciling  love  and  sexual  involvement 
with  intellectual  superiority.  How  does 
a  young  man  deal  with  being  attracted 
to  and  sexually  involved  with  a  woman 
who  receives  better  grades  and  may  be 
academically  or  intellectually  superior  to 
him?  Many  men  are  paranoid  that 
women  will  use  their  sexuality  to  get 
away  with  things  and  get  the  most  out 
of  a  situation  in  which  male  professors 
still  predominate. 

"Coeducation,"  Safilios-Rothschild 
concluded,  "is  not  solely  a  women's 
problem." 


Photographs  by  John  Foraste 


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new  Brown  experience  —  one  in  your  home 
town.  So  much  is  happening  it  is  hcird  to 
choose  a  representative  sampling,  but  the 
Associated  Alumni  o(  Brown  University  tries 
to  do  just  that  in  the  entries  which  follow.  For 
information  on  these  events  or  inquiries  on 
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FEBRUARY 
22 

Brown  University  Club  of  Northern  Florida 

Alumnni/ae  o(  the  Jacksonville  area  welcome 
Assistant  Vice  President  Sallie  Rigtis  '62  and  the 
new  Brown  film  "Voices,  Faces,  Brown.  "  Cocktails 
and  dinner  at  The  Green  Derby.  .578  Riverside 
Avenue,  Jacksonville.  6:30  p.m.  For  further  infor- 
mation, contact  Charles  Weisbecker  III  '4  1 
(904)  737-2.500. 

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Brown  University  Club  of  Long  Island 

Wine  Tasting  and  Skating  Parly.  Home  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Palmer  Sealy,  Jr.,  60  Wolver  Hollow  Road, 
Glenhead,  New  York.  Dues-paying  members  will 
receive  invitations. 


MARCH 

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Brown  University  Club  of  Chicago 

Vice  President  Robert  A.  Reichley  visits  with  alumni 
at  the  Lawyers  Club  and  presents  the  film  "Voices, 
Faces,  Brown."  For  further  information  contact 
Nancy  Cook  '60  (312)  223-6601 . 

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Brown  University  Club  of  Milwaukee 

Vice  President  Robert  A.  Reichley  greets  local 
alumni  and  presents  the  film  "Voices,  Faces,  Brown." 
The  University  Club  is  the  setting  for  reception  and 
dinner.  For  further  information  contact  David  C. 
Scott.  Jr.  (414)962-6821. 

APRIL 

1  -7 

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Brown  University  Alumni  in  Charlotte, 
North  Carolina 

Greater  Charlotte  area  alumni  gather  to  talk  with 
Vice  President  Robert  A.  Reichley  and  view  the  film 
"Voices,  Faces,  Brown."  Site  to  be  announced.  For 
further  information,  contact  Ms.  Antoinette  Robin- 
son (704)  365-2840. 


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Brown  University  Club  of  San  Diego 

The  annual  San  Diego  Crew  Classic  on  Mission  Bay 
draws  Brown's  varsity  crew  to  the  West  Coast.  For 
information  on  enjoying  the  fun  with  other  alumni 
contact  David  N.  Nissenberg  '61  (714)  459-0631 . 

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Brown  University  Club  of  Central  Coruiecticut 

Annual  dinner  featuring  Vice-President  Robert  A. 
Reichley.  Site  and  time  to  be  announced.  For  further 
information  contact  Bill  Yeats  '62  (203)  27.3-4376. 


17-22 

Accepted  Candidates'  Parties 

National  Alumni  .Schools  Program  volunteers  will 
host  students  accepted  to  Brown  m  these  places, 
among  others:  San  Francisco,  Los  Angeles.  Boston. 
-Suburban  Boston.  New  York,  Atlanta.  Fairfield 
County.  Westchester  County,  Long  Island,  Rhode 
Island.  Springfield,  Worcester,  Hartford,  St.  Louis, 
Cleveland,  Puerto  Rico,  Palm  Beach.  Contact  David 
J.  Zucconi,  Director  of  NASP  (401 )  863-3306. 

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Brown  University  Club  of  Central  New  Jersey 

Theatre  Benefit  at  McCarler  Theatre.  "Heartbreak 
House"  2:00  p.m.  Cocktail  bullet  following  at  the 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dean  Chace.  Drake's  Corner 
Road,  Pnnceton.  Contact  Clo  Treves  '49  (609) 
921-8595. 

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Brown  University  Club 

of  Northeastern  New  Jersey 

Cocktail  buffet.  5  to  7  p.m.  Home  of  Mr.  and 

Mrs.  Ricfiard  Nashel.  275  South  Irving  Street. 

Ridgewood.  New  Jersey. 

MAY 
11 

Brown  University  Club  of  Chicago 

An  evening  at  the  Chicago  Symphony,  conducted  by 
Georg  Solti,  preceded  by  dinner  at  the  Cliff  Dwellers 
and  lecture  by  Northwestern  University  Professor  of 
Music  Arrand  Parsons.  6:30  p.m.  $25.  Reservations 
limited.  For  further  information,  contact  Nancy  Cook 
(312)223-6601. 

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Monmouth  County  Brown  Club 

Cocktail  Reception.  5  to  7  p.m.  Home  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Cass  Lewart,  1  2  Georjean  Dnve,  Holmdel, 
I    New  Jersey. 


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Brown  University  Club  of  Rhode  Isleuid 

Annual  Dinner.  Contact  Dave  Bisset  '52  (401 ) 
521-9100. 

Dates  to  be  cirranged: 

Brown  University  Club  of  Westchester 

Gala  Athletic  Night  with  some  of  Brown's  most 

colorful  sports  personalities.  Coverleigh  Club,  Rye. 

For  further  information,  contact  Ross  de  Matteo  '35 

(914)478-1811. 

Brown  University  Club  of  Philadelphia 

Annual  Family  Picnic.  Not-to-be-missed  event  in  the 

country.  For  further  information,  contact  Jane  Scott 

(215)527-1245. 

JUNE 

Brown  University  Club  of  Boston 

Third  annual  Brown  Night  at  the  Pops.  Contact  Nancy 
Scuir63  (61  7)  661-9029. 


For  details  on  these  and  other  programs  in  the  sphere 
of  student  interaction  with  alumni,  contact  Ann 
Redding,  Alumni  Relations  Officer,  at 
(401)863-3307. 

MARCH 
11 

Senior  Brunch 

One  m  a  series  of  leisurely  Sunday  moming  encoun- 
ters, with  campus  administrators  and  the  Class  of  '79 
enjoying  good  food  and  company.  Maddock  Alumni 
Center.  Other  dates  for  brunches:  April  1 5  and 
May  6. 

APRIL 
2-6 

Extemships 

,  Juniors  experience  the  working  world  firsthand  by 
spending  spring  break  with  alumni  in  a  spectrum  of 
professions  and  locales.  (Interested  alumni  please 
note:  no  money,  job  offers  or  housing  involved) 


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16-30  ^ 

Seminars  on  Survival   9 

Those  who  are  in  the  know  on  such  mysteries  as  car- 
buying,  house  rental,  insurance,  income  tax,  and 
personal  l)anking  share  their  tips  with  students  pre- 
panng  for  the  "real  world."  Six  sessions.  7:30  p.m. 
Maddock  Alumni  Center. 

MAY 
26 

Senior  Week 

Senior  week  begins,  with  its  array  of  outings,  dances 


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MARCH 

8 

The  Brown  Street  Series 

"Laser  People.  "  Prolessor  Hendrik  Gerritsen  and 
colleagues  show  forth  the  art  and  drama,  as  well  as 
(he  utility  of  lasers.  The  Barus  and  Holley  Engineer- 
ing Building  and  Faculty  Lounge.  8  p.m.  Fee 
charged. 

For  further  information  on  all  Brown  Street  Series 
programs,  contact  Connie  Evrard  (401)  863-3307. 

9,  10 

Early  Action  Day 

Sponsored  by  the  National  Alumni  Schools  Program 
and  the  Bruin  Club,  these  action-filled  hours  give 
candidates  accepted  to  Brown  under  the  Early 
Action  program  a  chance  to  see  what  life  on  The  Hill 
is  all  about. 

For  further  information  on  this  event  and  all  NASP 
programs,  contact  David  J.  Zucconi,  Director  of 
NASP  (401)  863-3306. 


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Birds  Unlimited 

Brown  alumni  in  Rhode  Island,  The  Cornel]  Univer- 
sity Club  of  Rhode  Island,  and  Fnends  of  the  Library 
team  up  to  present  a  double  feature  at  the  John  Hay 
Library.  Professor  Douglas  Lancaster  of  Cornell 
lectures,  and  the  celebrated  Audubon  folios,  given 
to  Brown  by  Albert  E.  Lownes  '20,  are  displayed. 
5:30  p.m.  Fee  charged.  For  further  information, 
contact  Samuel  Sireit  (401)  863-2 1 46  or  Mary  Ann 
Rolland  (401)  831-2972. 

APRIL 

15-22 

Dedication  of  Performing  Arts  Buildings  at 
Brown  University 

A  week  of  gala  events  to  celebrate  the  transformation 
of  homes  for  the  theatre,  dance  and  music  at  Brown. 
Watch  your  mail  for  details. 

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The  Brown  Street  Series 

"Little  Known  Inlenors."  A  brunch  at  the  Maddock 

Alumni  Center  and  guided  stops  in  cubby-holes  and 

corridors  you  may  never  have  known  existed.  The 

complexity  oi  the  University  affirmed  again  in  the 

pleasantest  way.  Noon.  Fee  charged.  Reservations 

limited. 


JUNE 
1  -4 

Reunion/Commencement  Weekend  at  Brown 
Traditional  and  not-so-traditional  events  open  to 
alumni  and  alumnae  of  all  classes.  An  all-alumni 
dinner.  Campus  Dance,  Commencement  Forums, 
Field  Day,  Sock  and  Buskin's  Alumni  Show. 
Reception  for  Professors  and  Professors  Ementi, 
Pops  Concert,  and  the  two-hundred-and-eleventh 
Commencement  Exercises  on  Monday  morning. 


MAY 
9 

The  Brown 
Street  Series 

"Collegiate  Follies.  "  The  1979  transformation  of 
the  cabaret  theme  comes  to  life  on  campus.  Site  and 
time  to  be  announced.  Fee  charged. 


MARCH 

10 

Brown  University  Club  of  Tucson 

Reception  and  dinner  at  Skyline  Country  Club.  For 
further  information,  contact  Sue  Ghozeil  '67 
(602)886-8571. 

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Brown  University  Club  of  Phoenix 

Reception  and  dinner  at  Paradise  Valley  Country 
Club.  For  further  information,  contact  A.  Inman 
Marshall,  Jr.  '40  (602)  959-8873. 

APRIL 

4 

Brown  University  Club  of  Colorado 

Reception  and  dinner  in  Denver,  site  to  be 
announced.  For  further  information  contact  Norman 
B.Dodge '35  (303)  526- 1548. 


Brown  University  Club  of  Seattle 

Reception  and  dinner  at  the  University  Tower 
Hotel,  4507  Brooklyn  NE.  6:00  p.m.  For  further 
information,  contact  William  D.  Alpert  '72 
(206)682-1212. 


Brown  University  Club  of  Oregon 

Reception  and  dinner  at  the  home  of  Drs.  Joseph 
and  Ruth  Matarazzo,  1 934  SW  Visla  Avenue, 
Portland.  For  further  information,  contact  Ruth 
Gadbois  Matarazzo  '48  (503)  228-321 5. 

MAY 

17 

Brown  University  Club  of  Minnesota 

Reception  and  dinner,  site  to  be  announced.  For 
further  information,  contact  Glenn  Umetsu  '71 
(612)372-1341. 


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Watch  your  Brown  University  mail  for  an  invitation 
to  a  Saturday  Seminar  if  you  live  in  one  of  the  areas 
listed  below.  For  further  information  contact  your 
local  Continuing  Education  chairman  or  the  Contin- 
uing College  Office  at  the  University: 
(401)863-2785. 


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FEBRUARY 

17 

Washington,  D.C. 

"U.S.  Foreign  Relations."  Charles  Neu,  professor  of 
history.  Richard  C.  A.  Holbrooke  '62,  Assistant 
Secretary  of  State  for  Pacific  and  East  Asian  Affairs. 

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Miami  and  Florida 

"E.xploralion:  Space  and  Oceans.  "  Thomas  A. 
Mutch,  professor  of  geology.  Peter  A.  Rona  '56, 
National  Oceanic  and  Atmosphenc  Administration. 

MARCH 
3 

Connecticut  —  pEiirfield  County  Region 

"Morality  and  Medicine:  Dilemmas  for  Doctors  and 
Society.  "  Stanley  M.  Aronson,  M.D.,  Dean  of 
Medicine.  Lucile  Newman,  assistant  professor  of 
community  health. 

Boston 

"Latin  America:  Authoritarianism,  Development 
and  Human  Rights."  James  A.  Hanson,  associate 
professor  of  economics.  Benjamin  A.  Most,  assistant 
professor  of  political  science. 

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New  Jersey  and  Philadelphia 

"Law  and  Politics/Energy  and  Environment."  James 
Friedman,  preceptor.  Center  for  Law  and  Lihieral 
Education.  Harold  Ward,  director.  Center  for 
Environmental  Studies. 

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Westchester  County,  New  York 
"Reflections  on  Modem  Art.  "  Richard  Fishman, 
professor  of  art.  Roger  Mayer,  associate  professor  of 
art. 

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Los  Angeles 

"Understanding  Musical  Performance."  William 
Ermey,  assistant  professor  of  music.  Martin  Bern- 
heimer  '58,  music  critic,  Los  Angeles  Times. 


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Aiihii  IMlliams  '56,  zvho  is  an  attorney  and  president  of 
Freedom  Electronics  and  Engineering,  Inc.,  in  Boston, 
xvas  the  main  speaker  at  a  career  forum  for  minority 
stiidmts  that  was  a  part  of  the  Inman  Page 
Centennial  Weekend  in  November.  (For  more  about  the 
weeketid,  see  Under  tlie  Elms.) 


writtm  bi/  jay  Barry 


C\(L       Henry  Carpenter  writes  that  he  and 
UO       Steiv  Wright,  who  led  the  1978 
Commencement  procession,  would  like  to 
thank  the  two  "thoughtful  alumni  who  pro- 
vided us  with  chairs  and  lemonade  at  the  end 
of  the  march."  Henry  left  for  Hollywood, 
Fla.,  in  December  to  spend  the  winter  with 
his  son,  Henry,  jr.  '34. 

*!  ^       frijda.s  X.  Keresey  claims  that  you 
A-^       can  teach  an  old  dog  new  tricks. 
After  the  loss  of  both  legs  within  the  past 
three  years,  he's  learning  to  walk  again.  The 
former  Bruin  football  player  had  been  a 
salesman  in  the  Boston  area  for  forty-five 
years,  selling  everything  "from  needles  to 
haystacks."  Entering  what  he  terms  "semi- 
retirement"  in  1957,  he  moved  to  the  family 
farm  on  Route  102  in  West  Stockbridge, 
Mass.  Then  the  "itch"  got  to  him  and  Francis 
landed  a  job  with  the  Knapp  Shoe  Company 
in  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and  did  a  steady  busi- 
ness for  seventeen  years,  selling  his  last  pair 
of  shoes  when  he  was  92.  His  left  leg  was 
amputated  after  an  accident  in  1975  and  his 
right  leg  after  a  blood  clot  developed  in  1977. 
He's  now  at  the  VVillowwood  Nursing  and 
Retirement  Facility  in  Great  Harrington, 
Mass. 

1  A.       ^'^^  class  members  met  on  the 
J.TX       Pembroke  campus  in  November  for 
luncheon  and  a  business  meeting  regarding 
the  65th  reunion:  Elena  Lovell  Maymon.  Maud 
Tucker  MacLeod,  Marguerite  Appleton,  Alita 
Bosworth  Cameron,  and  Ruth  Cooke  Peterson. 

*%  C       /(iHf/M,  Bourfi,  Port  Charlotte, 
^1^       Fla.,  spent  the  month  of  October  in 
Providence. 

Lawrence  L.  Hall,  Wakefield,  R.I.,  writes: 
"1  think  that  perhaps  merely  being  alive  at  88 
is  news  of  a  sort.  I  am  learning  to  play  back- 
gammon —  Otherwise,  no  news." 

*!  ^7       Classmates  are  urged  to  drop  a 
J-  /        line  to  Carlos  G.  Wright  at  the  Vete- 
rans Hospital  in  Bristol,  R.I.  He's  been  there 
for  some  time  now. 


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Comdr.  Thomas  W.  Hall  and  his 
wife,  Flo,  of  Greenville,  R.I.,  cele- 
brated their  50th  wedding  anniversary  last 
fall  at  a  "large  and  noisy"  gathering  at  the 
Foster  Country  Club.  "Our  daughter,  Beth- 
any Hall  Mason,  and  our  son  Tom's  wife, 
Peggy,  planned  the  affair,  which  drew  rela- 
hves  and  friends  from  New  England,  New 
York  state,  Pennsylvania,  and  New  Jersey," 
Tom  reports.  "I  was  pleased  that  the  group 
included  ten  alumni  and  proud  that  it  also 
included  nine  grandchildren." 


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"l  CI       Louis  Smith  writes;  "I  am  happy 
JL  ^       to  report  that  my  grandaughter, 
Sharon  Smith,  is  a  member  of  the  freshman 
class  at  our  university.  Her  father,  M.  Barry 
Smith  '52,  her  grandfather,  Louis  Smith  '19, 
and  her  grand-  or  great-uncle,  Joseph  Smith 
'06,  provide  some  three  and  one-half  gener- 
ations of  Smiths  in  the  Brown  University 
family.  Incidentally,  we  are  not  descendants 
of  Captain  John  Smith  or  Pocahontas.  Hope 
to  see  you  at  our  sixtieth  reunion."  Louis 
lives  at  5555  Gulf  Blvd.,  Apt.  403,  St. 
Petersburg  Beach,  Fla.  33706. 

Ort       Lyman  G.  Hill  reports  that  in 
^m\J       recent  years  he  has  published  Tlxc 
Sonnets  on  the  Mount,  Tlie  Rimes  of  Uncas,  and 
some  poems  in  Neu'  Voices  (Vantage  Press). 

Robert  S.  Macfarlane  is  a  retired  chairman 
of  Burlington  Northern,  Inc.  He  is  living  at 
740  River  Dr.,  St.  Paul,  Minn.  55116. 

George  H.  Rhodes  reports  that  he  retired 
in  October  1975  from  administrative  duties  at 
the  VA  Hospital  in  Philadelphia  because  of 
his  wife's  illness.  "Moving  from  a  home  to  an 
apartment  meant  foregoing  gardening  and 
horticultural  interests.  There  are  seven 
grandchildren,  some  having  finished  college 
and  others  still  attending,  but  they  are  all  at 
distant  places.  My  wife  is  now  in  a  nursing 
home.  We  became  great-grandparents  in 
April.  Hope  to  attend  the  60th  in  1980." 

^  /\        Just  a  reminder  that  a  request  for 
^■^t       a  donation  of  $5  or  more  from  each 
classmate  has  been  sent  out,  with  the  money 
we  receive  to  be  used  in  the  preparations  for 
the  55th  reunion  in  June.  Only  a  small 
amount  remains  in  the  treasury,  and  thus 
this  request.  Checks  should  be  sent  to  the 
treasurer,  Arlan  R.  Coolidge,  88  Meehng  St., 
Providence  02906. 

Randy  Flather  writes:  "Stephen  A.  McClel- 
lan  '23,  president  of  his  class,  has  ordered  a 
supply  of  Scottish  bonnets  (tam-o'-shanters), 
metal  emblems  bearing  the  seal  of  Brown 
University  to  be  attached  to  the  hats,  and 
neckties  with  Brown  bears  on  them.  The  hats 
are  brown  with  white  pompoms  on  top  and 
are  quite  good  looking.  Sizes  are  medium 
and  large.  It  is  Steve's  thought  that  these 
items  would  be  distinguishing  marks  for 
members  of  the  50-year-and-over  classes. 
They  could  be  worn  at  any  time  but  would  be 
especially  appropriate  in  Commencement 
processions  or  at  athletic  events.  The  Uni- 
versity administration  has  given  approval 
and  encouragement  to  the  plan  and  a  major- 
ity of  the  members  of  '23  have  acquired  the 
bonnets.  The  cost  factor  is:  hat  and  emblem 
$13  and  necktie  $7.  Supplies  are  in  the  hands 
of  Don  Tliorndike  '23,  secretary  of  his  class,  at 
204  University  Ave.,  Providence  02906. 
Members  of  1924  who  are  interested  in  pur- 


chasing either  of  the  items  should  contact 
Don  directly." 

^  C       One  of  the  things  that  each  of  the 
^\J       following  shares  is  Richmond  H. 
Siveet  as  a  member  of  its  board:  First  Unitari- 
an Church  of  Providence,  World  Affairs 
Council  of  Rhode  Island,  League  of  Rhode  Is- 
land Historical  Societies,  Rhode  Island  Soci- 
ety of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution, 
and  the  Rhode  Island  British-American  Heri- 
tage Commission.  Besides  that,  he  is  the  as- 
sociate head  class  agent  for  the  Brown  Fund, 
treasurer  of  the  First  Unitarian  Church, 
deputy  governor  of  the  Rhode  Island  Society 
of  the  Founders  and  Patriots  of  America,  and 
a  tour  guide  for  the  Rhode  Island  Historical 
Society. 

Norman  O.  Tietjens  ('27  A.M.)  reports 
that  he  recently  listened  to  Tom  Corcoran  '22 
speak  at  a  Brown  Club  luncheon  at  the  Uni- 
versity Club  in  Washington,  D.C.  "He  and 
Frit:  Wiener  ('27)  persuaded  me  to  come  to 
Washington  with  the  New  Deal  in  1933,"  he 
writes.  "1  think  I  was  second  oldest  at  the 
luncheon  —  but  only  Tom,  George  Viault 
('26),  and  Dr.  jack  Ewan  ('33)  really  knew 


'^/I       Gordon  Deivart,  Brattleboro,  Vt., 
^m\J       sends  word  that  he  "watched  with 
great  pleasure"  as  Brown  defeated  Holy 
Cross,  35-21,  on  TV  last  fall.  He  writes:  "My 
son,  Gordon  Dickcrman  Dcivart  '51,  lives  with 
his  wife  and  three  daughters  in  New  York 
City  and  is  travel  manager  o(  Esquire  maga- 
zine. My  daughter,  Lorita  Dewart,  has  been 
married  for  nearly  thirty  years  to  George  A. 
Aarons.  They  have  one  daughter  and  reside 
at  Katonah,  N.Y." 

Lloyd  D.  Keigwin,  Fernandina  Beach, 
Fla.,  is  an  associate  with  the  local  law  firm  of 
Kremer,  Reisch  &  Klar.  He  is  the  son  of  the 
lateHiviry  W.  Kcigwin  1879  and  the  father  of 
Lloyd  D.  Kcigioin,  jr.  '69  and  Lance  P.  Keigioin 
'73.  His  family  also  includes  his  wife,  Pat- 
ricia, and  daughters  Lissa  and  Janet. 

Horace  Mazet  reports  that  he  is  "still  writ- 
ing." He  has  written  poems  for  the  Edwin 
Markham  Poetry  Society  of  California  and 
his  book  reviews  have  appeared  in  the 
Marine  Corps  Gazette. 

Allen  C.  Morrill  and  Eleanor  Morrill  have 
written  Out  of  tlie  Blanket,  published  by  the 
Idaho  University  Press,  the  story  of  two 
spinster  missionaries  from  Ohio  (1873-1915) 
living  with  the  Nez  Perce  Indians  of  Idaho. 
The  Morrills  live  at  1065  Shenango  Rd., 
Beaver  Falls,  Pa.  15010. 

Eton  /.  Notley  writes  from  Vero  Beach, 
Fla.,  that  twice  in  a  span  of  eight  days  he 
made  a  hole-in-one  at  the  Vero  Beach  Coun- 
try Club,  both  times  on  the  16th  hole. 

Harold  M.  Soars  and  his  wife,  Grace,  are 


spending  the  winter  months  in  Naples,  Fla., 
at  Apt.  205,  Regency  Towers,  3401  Gulf 
Shore  Blvd. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Providence 
chapter  of  the  American  Red  Cross  in  Oc- 
tober, Anna  Bullock  Tliornton  was  given  a  Dis- 
tinguished Service  Award.  She  joined  the 
Red  Cross  in  1936  and  has  been  a  volunteer 
worker  all  the  intervening  years,  logging 
more  hours  of  service  than  any  other  worker. 
A  group  of  her  1926  classmates  made  up  a 
special  table  at  the  dinner.  Among  the  group 
were  Betty  Fuller  Rcid,  Norma  Matheivson  Nel- 
son, Hope  Gilbert  Borden,  Caroline  Flanders,  and 
friends  from  other  classes.  "We  were  proud 
that  Anna  was  finally  given  due  appreciation 
for  her  many  hours  of  service,"  writes  secre- 
tary Hope  Borden. 

Wes  Wright  of  Farmington,  Conn.,  re- 
ports he  keeps  busy  doing  work  for  the  Farm- 
ington Savings  Bank  as  well  as  being  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  Town  Committee. 

^  ^      Bill  Benford  substituted  for  class 
^m  /         president  Harry  Remington  at  the 
recent  meeting  of  the  Association  of  Class 
Officers  on  the  campus. 

In'  Miner  is  picking  up  the  ball  this  vear 
for  class  agent  Charlie  Kenney,  reports  Ivy 
Loxley.  "Charlie  is  progressing  nicely  follow- 
ing his  stroke  of  a  year  or  so  ago,"  Irv  adds. 

^  O       Here  are  some  final  figures  on  our 
jim\J       50th  reunion,  which  turned  out  to 
be  an  impressive  four-day  weekend  on  Col- 
lege Hill.  The  total  attendance  was  147,  and 
the  class  reunion  gift  of  $125,356  was  the 
largest  sum  given  to  Brown  at  a  50th  reunion 
since  the  50th  of  1923.  In  addirion,  it  has  been 
announced  that  the  Brown  Fund  was  en- 
riched by  $48,012  raised  among  the  men  of 
'28.  All  classmates  are  urged  to  maintain  ties 
with  your  classmates  by  sending  along  items 
for  publication  in  this  magazine  to  Box  1854, 
Brown  University,  Providence  02912. 

tQ       a  committee  is  making  plans  for 
^m  Zf       the  50th  reunion  "for  the  girls  of 
'29,"  reports  Secretary  Elizabeth  A.  Rose.  The 
dates  are  June  1-4,  and  the  weekend  will  in- 
clude the  Brown  Bear  Buffet  on  Friday  eve- 
ning, a  class  luncheon  on  Saturday,  dinner 
that  evening  at  Maddock  Alumni  Center,  the 
Pops,  a  Sunday  brunch,  and  then  luncheon 
on  Monday  as  guests  of  the  University.  This 
is  the  outline.  There  will  be  much  more,  in- 
cluding the  pleasure  of  seeing  old  friends 
once  again  and  sharing  memories  of  the  past. 
So  do  make  your  plans  now  and  be  with  us 
for  the  big  50th. 

It's  definitely  time  to  start  thinking  about 
our  50th  reunion  in  June.  Features  of  the 
June  1-4  program  for  the  men  of  '29  include  a 
cocktail  party  and  buffet  Friday  afternoon, 


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followed  by  the  usual  class  table  at  the  Cam- 
pus Dance.  The  class  dinner  will  be  held  at 
Agawam  Hunt,  always  a  congenial  spot  for 
reunion  classes.  Additional  events  planned 
include  the  Pops  Concert,  tours  of  the  cam- 
pus and  Benefit  Street,  and  the  University 
forums.  There  will  also  be  an  hour  with  Pres- 
ident Swearer.  Final  plans  will  be  arriving 
shortly.  But  start  thinking  50th  reunion  and 
mark  the  dates  down  on  your  calendar. 

Robert  P.  Leedy  and  his  wife,  Betty,  cele- 
brated their  50th  wedding  anniversary  on 
Oct.  6.  They  were  joined  by  their  daughters, 
Betsey,  of  Kansas  City,  Kans.,  and  Sandra,  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio;  and  their  grandson, 
Robert,  of  San  Francisco.  The  Leedys  live  at 
5147  East  24th  St.,  Tulsa,  Okla.  74114. 

E/sfl  Keil  Sichel  (A.M.)  writes  of  her  ap- 
preciation of  the  recent  trip  to  Portugal  and 
Madeira  which  she  took  with  the  Brown 
University  alumni  group.  She  thought  the 
Brown  University  flight  bag  was  a  "a  nice 
gesture." 

'yf\       Dr.  Harold  Rihiier  reports  that 
J\J       he  retired  from  the  practice  of 
neuropsychiatry  in  1975.  His  address:  365 
Toilsome  Hill  Rd.,  Fairfield,  Conn.  06432. 

Dr.  Lester  H.  Sugarman,  Meriden,  Conn., 
has  received  the  Optometric  Extension  Pro- 
gram Foundation's  50th  anniversary  cer- 
tificate of  appreciation  at  the  Northeast 
Congress  of  Optometry  in  Worcester,  Mass. 

IJ  "l        Bernard  V.  Buoiuinno,  a  member  of 
J  J.       the  Rhode  Island  State  Board  of 
Regents,  has  been  elected  chairman  of  its 
subcommittee  on  special  populations. 

Edward  H.  Gauthier  reports  that  his 
daughter,  Kathy  Gauthier  Titchen  '63,  a  medi- 
cal writer  for  the  Honolulu  Star-Bulletin,  has 
been  awarded  the  Hawaii  Medical  Associa- 
Hon's  first  prize  for  "outstanding  medical 
journalism." 

Capt.  Willumi  G.  Schofield,  USNR,  is  a 
regular  contributor  of  special  articles  to  the 
Boston  Herald- American .  One  of  his  recent 
Sunday  features  was  a  profile  of  Prof.  Josiah 
S.  Carberry.  Bill  lives  at  16  Hunnewell  Cir., 
Newton,  Mass.  02158.  Carberry 's  address 
could  not  be  found. 

'5  T       Herbert  Astmann  has  joined  his  two 
\J^m       careers  as  businessman  and  En- 
glish teacher  with  a  book,  4  Big  Steps  to  Suc- 
cess: Reading,  Writing,  Speaking,  Listening:  in 
Business,  Industry,  Education,  Science,  Profes- 
sions, Technologies.  He  has  also  started  a  pro- 
fessional writing  and  consulting  service.  Re- 
sume Specialists,  which  assists  people  in 
their  search  for  new  or  improved  careers.  He 
is  a  professor  at  Erie  Community  College, 
Buffalo,  N.Y. 

Dai'id  H.  Scott  is  co-author  of  a  com- 
pletely revised  edition  of  Harper's  Encyclo- 
pedia of  Bible  Life,  written  by  Madeline  S.  and 
J.  Lane  Miller  (Harper  &  Row,  New  York 
City,  $15.95).  Now  in  retirement  in  Blue  Hill, 
Maine,  Dave  was  an  editor  of  religious  books 
at  Harpers  &  Row  for  many  years. 

O  '5       Joe  Fanning  retired  in  September 
J  J       1976  from'lTTCrinnell  and  has  en- 
joyed his  leisure  by  working  around  his 
property  (even  leaf  gathering)  and  taking 
regular  trips  to  Poughkeepsie,  N.Y.  to  visit 
his  daughter  and  her  family.  Joe  lives  at  57 


Carteret  St.,  Providence  02908. 

James  E.  Heap,  now  retired,  is  living  at  Is- 
land Club  122,  85  Fullv  Field  Rd.,  Hilton 
Head,  S.C.  29928. 

Edivard  Kreisler  has  been  elected  for  the 
fourth  time  as  president  of  The  American 
Club  of  Madrid.  He  lives  at  Pedro  de  Val- 
divia,  8,  Madrid,  6,  Spain. 

Challenged  by  the  success  of  the  45th 
reunion  of  the  class,  Prescott  L.  Laundne  finds 
himself  a  self-appointed  committee  of  one  to 
organize  a  50th  reunion  of  the  class  of  1929  at 
Cranston  (R.I.)  High  School.  Able  assistance 
is  being  given  by  other  members  of  Brown 
'33  who  are  also  Cranston  alumni;  Katherine 
M.  Hazard,  Leonard  S.  Tabor,  and  Walter  W. 
Brown,  Jr.  Prescott  may  be  reached  at  110 
Sims  PI.,  Fayetteville,  N.Y.  13066  (637-6455). 

^^       Here's  an  alert  for  the  men  of '34. 
^^E       Circle  the  dates  June  1-4  on  your 
calendar  and  be  prepared  to  come  to  Provi- 
dence during  that  period  to  celebrate  your 
45th  reunion.  One  favor.  Pick  up  the  phone, 
call  a  classmate,  and  sign  him  up,  too.  Your 
committee,  headed  by  Marshall  Allen,  has  put 
together  a  great  weekend,  one  that  will  in- 
clude a  very  special  clambake  at  the  Squan- 
tum  Club  on  Saturday  afternoon. 

Elizabeth  Whitaker  Hall  and  her  husband, 
Gilbert,  of  East  Greenwich,  R.I.,  continue  to 
run  R.  E.  Wallace  Real  Estate.  Elizabeth  re- 
mains active  in  Continental  Ladies. 

'2  E%       Joseph  Cyckei'ic,  jr.,  active  in  com- 
J\J       mercial  real  estate  sales,  has  been 
elected  to  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Virginia  Real  Estate  Exchangors,  a  marketing 
group  with  headquarters  in  Richmond.  Joe 
lives  at  901  Mansion  Dr.,  Hopewell,  Va. 
23860. 

William  Lauder,  jr.,  retired  on  June  10 
after  eighteen  years  as  assistant  press  direc- 
tor of  the  New  York  Racing  Assn.  Prior  to 
that  he  had  been  a  sports  writer  for  the  Nnv 
York  Herald-Tribune  for  twentv-six  years.  Bill 
livesatSAssisiWay,  Norwalk,  Conn.  06851. 

Henry  C.  Unruh  (A.M.),  who  is  chairman 
of  the  board  of  Provident  Life  and  Accident 
Insurance  Co.,  was  unanimously  chosen 
president-elect  of  the  Greater  Chattanooga 
Area  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  June. 

^  /T       Pauline  M.  Berger  is  working  for 
J\j       NASP  and  reports  that  she  sees  "so 
many  bright  prospects  for  so  few  places." 
She  is  living  at  10295  Collins  Ave.,  #521  N., 
Bal  Harbour,  Fla.  33154. 

Clinton  S.  Johnson  has  retired  after 
thirty-seven  years  of  teaching  but  is  still  in- 
volved in  scouting.  His  address:  Box  420, 
Whipple  Rd.,  Cumberland,  R.I.  02864. 

'2  ^       Priscilla  Bryant  ('38  A.M.)  retired 
\J  /        in  June  after  forty  years  of  teaching 
French  at  schools  in  Connechcut,  Delaware, 
and  Pennsylvania.  "Now  I'm  busy  with  the 
Delaware  Camera  Club,  AAUW,  and  the 
Alliance  Francaise,"  she  writes.  Last  summer 
she  traveled  to  Hong  Kong,  Bangkok,  Singa- 
pore, and  Kuala  Lumpur  with  the  Brown 
Alumni  Tours  program. 

lohn  M.  Crawford,  Jr.,  reports  that  Dover 
Press  has  just  published  Chinese  Painting  and 
Calligraphy:  A  Pictorial  Sun'ey,  containing 
sixtv'-nine  examples  from  his  collechon  of  109 
photographs  by  Wan-go  Weng  ($7.95).  The 


preface  is  by  Thomas  Lawton,  director  of  the 
Freer  Gallery,  Washington,  D.C.  "I  am 
especially  happy  that  the  work  can  be  af- 
forded by  students,"  John  writes. 

Dorothy  Pickett  Priestman,  Warren,  R.I., 
writes:  "After  spending  thirteen  of  the  last 
twenty  years  in  Iran,  my  husband  and  I  de- 
cided to  return  to  the  U.S.  last  spring.  We  are 
especially  distressed  and  very  surprised  at 
the  swift  deterioration  of  conditions  in  Iran. 
We  had  watched  the  great  progress  and  felt 
much  good  had  been  accomplished  by  the 
Shah  —  particularly  the  advancement  in 
women's  rights  and  in  the  standard  of  living 
of  the  country  as  a  whole." 

'^Q       Vincent  L.  Benton  writes:  "1  have 
JO       just  retired  to  Cape  Cod.  Formerly 
employed  as  general  sales  manager,  auto- 
motive, Arvin  Industries,  Columbus,  Ind." 
His  address  is  37  Touraine  Way,  South  Yar- 
mouth, Mass.  02664. 

Dr.  Charles  B.  Round,  Warwick,  R.I., 
writes  that  he  was  extremely  flattered  to  be 
inducted  into  the  Brown  Hall  of  Fame  this 
year.  He  has  an  active  surgical  practice. 
Charlie  has  two  boys  still  in  college  and  one 
in  graduate  school.  His  three  others  are 
through  college  and  scattered  from  Washing- 
ton, DC,  to  Alaska.  His  father  is  Dr.  Lester 
A.  Round  '10. 

O  Q       The  40th  reunion  tor  the  women  of 
vJ  3/       '39  will  commence  with  a  "Return 
to  the  Hill"  get-together  on  Friday,  June  1,  at 
4  p.m.  at  the  Bell  Gallery,  List  Art  Building. 
Features  of  this  curtain-raiser  for  the  four- 
day  weekend  will  include  the  senior  student 
art  exhibition,  music,  and  refreshments.  The 
Brown  Bear  Buffet  and  then  the  traditional 
Campus  Dance  round  out  the  evening.  On 
Saturday,  there  will  be  tours  of  the  Univer- 
sity and  of  historic  Benefit  Street,  University 
forums.  Alumni  Field  Day,  and  our  reunion 
luncheon.  Later  Saturday  there  will  be  a 
cocktail  part)-  with  the  '39  men  in  the  Chan- 
cellor's Dining  Room,  dinner  at  Carr's,  and 
then  the  Commencement  Pops  Concert.  An 
afterglow  party  on  the  Pembroke  campus 
will  close  out  Saturday.  The  program  for 
Sunday  includes  a  memorial  service  at  Man- 
ning Chapel,  a  champagne  brunch  in  the 
Crystal  Room,  a  special  tribute  to  Bessie 
Rudd,  the  President's  Reception,  Bacca- 
laureate, and  a  concert  in  Sayles  Hall.  This 
year  we  want  as  many  women  as  possible  to 
plan  to  march  down  the  Hill  Monday  morn- 
ing with  their  classmates.  It's  a  grand  finale 
to  a  reunion  weekend. 

Reunion  Chairman  Stuart  Sherman  re- 
ports that  plans  for  the  40th  reunion  are  well 
underway.  He  asks  that  members  keep  in 
mind  that  the  dates  are  June  1-4  and  that  a 
highlight  of  the  weekend  will  be  the  class 
dinner  back  at  the  Squantum  Club,  which 
was  one  of  the  most  popular  events  in  1974. 

Samuel  N.  Bogorad  (A.M.  '49),  professor 
of  English  at  the  University  of  Vermont, 
spent  a  sabbatical  year  studying  the 
Flolocaust.  He  visited  concentration  camps 
and  extermination  centers  in  Germany, 
Czechoslovakia,  and  Poland  and  did  re- 
search on  Yad  Vashem  in  Jerusalem.  Sam  is 
now  team  teaching  (with  Paul  Hilberg,  au- 
thor of  The  Destruction  of  the  European  Jews)  an 
interdisciplinary  course  on  the  Holocaust 
and  its  literature. 


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Edward  /.  Deignan  is  living  at  220  Car- 
dinal Ln.,  Delray^Beach,  Fla.  33445,  for  the 
winter. 

Ralph  P.  SctiKvwff  is  the  president  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Bar  Association. 

Frances  P.  Singer  Wattman  has  retired 
from  library  work  in  the  Providence  school 
system.  She  lives  at  107  Emeline  St.,  Provi- 
dence 02906. 

^O       /"""'s  S.  Ely  writes  that  he  has 
Jt  v/       retired  anci  is  "living  in  splendor  at 
Cotuit  on  Cape  Cod." 

/f't        Vincent  /.  Creasi  is  working  for 
jt  J.       the  First  Service  Company,  an 
affiliate  of  the  First  Virginia  Bank,  Inc.  He 
lives  at  6825  Rolling  Road,  Springfield,  Va. 
22152. 

/\^       Richard  R.  Baxter,  a  professor  at 
TX^       the  Harvard  Law  School,  has  been 
appointed  to  a  nine-year  term  on  the  Inter- 
national Court  of  Justice,  The  Hague,  Hol- 
land. He  has  been  serving  as  editor  of  the 
American  journal  of  International  Law.  Dick  re- 
cently served  with  the  Department  of  State 
for  tfiree  months  as  a  member  of  the  U.S. 
delegation  to  the  Diplomatic  Conference  on 
International  Humanitarian  Law  held  in 
Geneva. 

Dr.  Charles  C.  Haskell  has  been  practicing 
dentistry  in  Hyannis,  Mass.,  for  the  last 
twenty-nine  years.  He  reports  that  three  of 
his  four  boys  have  graduated  from  college 
(one  is  now  at  Tufts  Dental),  and  the  fourth 
boy  is  in  art  school  at  the  University  of 
Hartford. 

Doris  Keighley  Pennell  writes  that  her  son, 
Steven,  graduated  from  Rhode  Island  Col- 
lege in  June.  Her  husband,  Jim,  retired  from 
his  position  as  safe  deposit  officer  of  the 
Hospital  Trust  Bank  and  "is  enjoying  every 
minute  of  retirement. "  But  Doris,  who  works 
in  the  Cranston  (R.I.)  School  Department,  is 
not  ready  to  retire  yet:  "I  worked  so  hard  for 
my  M.L.S.  that  I'd  like  to  use  it  a  while 
longer." 

A'y       William  G.  Weston,  Bellingham, 
^t^J       Mass.,  is  an  English/reading 
teacher  with  the  Blackstone  Valley  (Mass.) 
Vocational  Regional  School  District. 

A.A.       ^^  early  start  signifies  the  hopes 
Ttrl       of  the  class  to  make  the  35th  a 
major  reunion.  Your  committee,  which 
started  work  during  the  fall,  is  as  follows: 
President  Mike  Leach,  Secretary  Brad  Whit- 
man, Treasurer  Lloyd  Cornell,  Pres  Atrvood, 
Haig  Barsamian,  Charlie  Collins,  Chuck  Isher- 
wood,  ]ohn  Lennon,  Boh  Lynch,  Charlie  Nathan- 
son,  and  Mill  Nohle. 

Dodo  Fain  Hirsch,  chairman  of  the  big 
35th  reunion,  has  planned  a  festive  weekend 
starting  Friday,  June  1,  when  the  women  join 
the  men  of  '44  for  cocktails.  "Remember  our 
freshman  week?"  asks  Dodo.  "How  elegant 
we  were  in  our  smooth  veiled  hats  and  high 
heels  dancing  from  class  to  class!  Well,  come 
see  some  resurrected  chapeaux  —  try  them 
on  during  our  class  luncheon  Saturday  at  the 
refurbished,  reopened  Biltmore  Hotel.  D.  /. 
Linton  Snyder  is  trying  to  cajole /of  McV.  Hunt 


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into  coining.  Beth/  Wagner  McMahon  and  Janet 
Sanborn  Bozuers  have  been  in  touch  regarding 
our  class  gift.  Please  think  big.  By  now  you 
will  have  received  a  letter  about  the  reunion, 
together  with  an  enclosure.  This  is  your  per- 
sonal activities  sheet  prepared  by  ludy  Weiss 
Cohen.  Take  a  few  minutes  to  complete  the 
form  and  mail  it  back.  We  want  news  from 
one  and  all  available  when  we  get  together  in 
June." 

Stanley  Goldsmith  has  been  elected  to  the 
town  council  of  Bay  Harbor  Islands,  Fla.  He 
and  his  family  have  lived  there  for  twenty 
years. 

G.  Myron  Leach  is  first  vice  chairman  of 
the  board  of  directors  and  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Federal  Savings 
League  of  New  England. 

]ames  K.  McNally  is  an  administrative  as- 
sistant to  the  group  managing  partner- 
management  consulting  services  for  Cooper 
&  Lybrand.  Jim  and  his  wife,  Rita,  have  one 
son,  four  daughters,  three  of  whom  are  mar- 
ried, and  three  grandchildren.  They  live  at 
2564  Rosemont  Ave.,  Ardmore,  Pa.  19003. 

George  Rich  111  is  living  in  Palm  Beach, 
Fla.,  where  he  is  active  in  the  real  estate 
business. 

Samuel  L.  Tlwmpson,  jr.,  has  traded  his 
long-time  law  practice  in  the  Springfield, 
Mass.,  area  to  join  Blackwell,  Walker,  Gray, 
Powers,  Flick  and  Hoehl  in  Miami.  He  would 
like  to  hear  from  classmates  at  5505  North 
Kendall  Dr.,  Miami,  Fla.  33156. 

^  C       Elizabeth  Flanagan  Karr  has  been 
rlk_7       named  chairman  of  the  Fngli.sh  de- 
partment at  the  High  School  of  Commerce, 
Springfield,  Mass. 


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/\£L       Sybil  Blackman  Lesselbaum  is  sales 
TIvJ       manager  of  Manpower  Temporary 
Services,  Inc.,  covering  all  the  Rhode  Island 
offices. 

Dr.  Leon  /.  Marks  writes  that  his  son, 
Stephen  A.  Marks,  entered  Brown  as  a 
freshman  in  September. 

Bunny  Cohan  Meyer  writes:  "In  addition 
to  chairing  the  NASP  program  in  Miami,  I 
continue  to  serve  on  the  board  of  trustees  at 
the  Museum  of  Science,  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  the  Visiting  Nurse  Association  of 
Dade  County,  and  as  radio  and  TV  chairman 
for  the  Orange  Bowl  Luncheon  and  Fashion 
Show."  Bunnv  lives  at  175  S.E.  25th  Rd.-8D, 
Miami,  Fla.  33129. 

Albert  Novikoff  arxd  his  wife,  Daniele,  re- 
port the  birth  of  their  first  child,  Alexis 
James,  on  Oct.  13.  The  family  lives  at  Wash- 
ington Square  Village,  New  York,  N.Y. 
10012. 

Joseph  Penner,  Sarasota,  Fla.,  is  chairman 
of  Penner  Financial  Group  and  chairman  of 
First  Independent  Bank,  N.A.  Joe  has  been 
serving  on  Brown's  Corporation  Committee 
on  Development. 

Roderick  T.  Phinney  has  retired  to  the 
"sun  and  golf"  in  Sarasota,  Fla.  His  address; 
3592  Ferndell,  Sarasota  33480. 

/\^       Robert  I .  janes,  Barrington,  was  re- 
jt  I         elected  for  a  third  term  in  the 
Rhode  Island  Senate  on  November  7.  "As  a 
Republican,  this  is  news!"  he  writes. 

^O       Dr.  Ri*tTf  G.  Pctcrsdorf  has  been 
MO       elected  a  director  of  the  American 
Hospital  Supplv  Corp.  Bob  is  chairman  of  the 
department  of  medicine  at  the  University  of 
Washington. 

Dr.  Paul  Rosch,  Yonkers,  N.Y.,  secretary 
and  executive  committee  member  of  the 
State  Society  of  Internal  Medicine,  has  been 
nominated  for  the  State  Medical  Society's  '78 
President's  Citation,  awarded  to  "a  physician 
outstanding  in  the  community  for  public 
ser\'ice  (otally  unrelated  to  the  physician's 
medical  practice."  Paul  has  served  on  the 
Yonkers  Youth  Board,  been  first  chairman  of 
the  city's  Community  Action  Program,  and 
served  on  a  number  of  other  community- 
related  boards. 

Frank  O.  White,  a  trustee  of  the  Oneida 
Savings  Bank,  lives  with  his  wife,  Jane,  at  20 
West  Pleasant  St.,  Hamilton,  N.Y.  13346. 

^Q       Phyllis  Bogardus  Bilhuber  and  her 
Tl7       husband,  Ernie,  moved  to  Anna- 
polis, Md.,  two  years  ago  because  of  his  job 
as  general  sales  manager  for  the  In-the- 
Water  Boat  Shows,  with  headquarters  there. 
She  had  to  leave  her  job  as  sales  representa- 
Hve  with  British  Airways  (BOAC)  after  eight- 
een years  because  of  their  move.  Phyllis, 
however,  still  loves  to  travel.  She  designed 
their  Annapolis  house  and  supervised  its 
building.  Phyllis  writes:  "I  play  a  lot  of  tennis 
and  golf  and  ski  in  winter.  I  play  in  local 
tennis  tournaments  and  have  held  the  No.  1 
place  on  the  Anne  Arundel  County  tennis 
ladder  of  seventy-eight  ladies  throughout  the 
summer  and  fall." 

/.  Paul  Call  retired  in  January  after  thirty 
years  of  federal  service,  the  last  twelve  at  the 
National  Bureau  of  Standards,  where  he  di- 
rected the  standard  reference  materials  pro- 
gram. Two  of  his  four  daughters  are  Andrea 


'72  and  Nancy  '77.  Paul  lives  at  16405  Kipling 
Rd.,  Rockvilie,  Md.  20955. 

Roland  Clement,  vice  president  of  the  Na- 
tional Audubon  Society,  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  Environmental  De- 
fense Fund  of  New  York  City. 

Donald  B.  Hyde  writes  that  "after  almost 
four  years  of  retirement  I  still  haven't  gotten 
all  the  things  done  1  said  1  would  do  when  I 
quit  working."  He  can  be  reached  at  P.O. 
Box  793,  Kennebunk,  Maine  04043. 

Kenneth  W.  Macdonald  has  been  ap- 
pointed director  of  international  sales  for 
Adalet-PLM  Division  of  Scott  &  Fetzer.  He 
lives  at  13946  Oakbrook  Dr.,  North  Royalton, 
Ohio  44133. 

Hazen  Y.  Malheuvon  is  in  charge  of  the 
trust  department  of  Factory  Point  National 
Bank  in  Manchester  Center,  Vt. 

Cr^       Tlieodore  B.  Brouni  is  vice  president 
\J\J      of  Arnica  Mutual  Insurance  Co., 
Providence. 

Edward  B.  Corcoran,  a  veteran  Republican 
member  of  the  Newport  (R.I.)  City  Council, 
was  the  top  vote-getter  as  the  Republicans 
regained  control  of  the  Council  for  the  first 
time  since  1969  during  the  November  elec- 
tion. 

Robert  D.  Hall.  Jr.,  is  chief  executive 
officer  of  St.  Jean's  Credit  Union,  Lynn, 
Mass.,  the  nation's  oldest  credit  union. 

lames  R.  Hebden  is  comptroller  of  the 
Deico  Electronics  Division,  Kokomo,  Ind. 

Andreu'  P.  Swanson  has  entered  a  new 
career  by  starting  CSC  (Community  Services 
Consultants),  Ltd.  He  has  published  a  book. 
The  Determinative  Team:  A  Handbook  for  Board 
Members  of  Volunteer  Organizations.  His  ad- 
dress is  P.O.  Box  2644,  Providence  02907. 

Herbert  E.  Torberg,  Easthampton,  Mass., 
is  president  of  Kollmorgen's  Electro-Optical 
Division.  He  and  an  associate  recently  were 
co-authors  of  a  chapter  of  the  Handbook  of 
Optics,  published  by  McGraw-Hill.  They 
prepared  the  chapter,  "Optical  Instruments 
for  Metrology,"  a  section  dealing  with  optical 
metrology,  the  theory  and  use  of  various  in- 
struments, and  the  statistical  approaches  to 
processing  the  information  obtained  by  these 
instruments. 

Fletcher  W.  Ward  is  chairman  of  the  board 
of  directors  of  Swest,  Inc.,  a  Dallas-based 
supplier  to  the  jewelry  industry.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Bank 
of  Dallas  and  is  active  in  the  Young  Presi- 
dents Organization  and  the  Dallas  Rotary 
Club. 

C'1        Graham  D.  Andreivs,  Newtown 
\J  A       Square,  Pa.,  has  been  elected  to  the 
board  of  managers  of  Saint  Christopher's 
Hospital  for  Children. 

John  N.  Carpienter  is  senior  vice  president, 
marketing  services,  with  the  W.  E.  Long  Co., 
a  Chicago  adverhsing  agency.  He  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Lake  Forest,  III. 

Donald  C.  Freeman,  former  president  of 
Friesen  International,  a  subsidiary  of  Ameri- 
can International,  has  been  named  president 
of  Davol,  Inc.,  Providence.  Don  holds  a  doc- 
torate in  chemistrv  from  the  University  of 
Maryland. 

lames  M.  Phelan  is  the  postmaster  in 
Warwick,  R.I.  "Am  also  coaching  half  of  the 
Brown  Swim  Club,  an  AAU-age  group  team 
in  Warwick."  His  son,  lames  Michael,  is  a 


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freshman  at  Brown  and  is  a  member  of  the 
swimming  team. 

Sht'phfrd  Sikes  has  been  appointed  direc- 
tor of  automotive  operations  for  the  Fiber 
Glass  Division  of  PPG  Industries,  Pittsburgh, 
Pa. 

Mansfield  S.  Templeton  is  president  of  the 
consumer  products  division  of  Riegel  Textile 
Corp.,  Johnston,  S.C. 

C  O       Lester  Halpern  has  been  elected 
\J ^m       second  vice  president  of  the 
Holyoke  (Mass.)  Taxpayers  Assn.  A  certified 
public  accountant,  Lester  heads  his  own  ac- 
counting firm,  is  a  director  of  the  Third  Na- 
rional  Bank  of  Hampden  County,  and  is  a 
former  president  of  the  Connecticut  Valley 
Brown  Club. 

C'3        Dr.  George  A.  Bray  informs  us  that 
\J\J       while  he  was  in  London  recently 
on  sabbatical  from  his  position  at  the  UCLA 
School  of  Medicine  he  was  invited  back  to 
Washington  for  an  interview  with  the  Secre- 
tary of  Health,  Education  and  Welfare  and 
the  Assistant  Secretary  of  Health.  "They 
were  looking  for  a  co-ordinator  of  nutritional 
activities  within  the  department,"  he  says. 
"Shortly  after  returning  to  London,  I  was  of- 
fered the  job.  On  Oct.  2,  I  became  the  first 
co-ordinator  of  nutritional  activities  for 
HEW.  It  looks  to  be  a  most  challenging  posi- 
tion." 

Robert  /.  C.  Burnash  is  a  co-recipient  of 
the  Public  Service  Award  of  the  Commerce 
Department's  National  Oceanic  and  Atmos- 
pheric Administration  for  his  work  in  water 
management  during  the  1975-1977  drought 
in  California. 

Walter  G.  Dnscoll  (Ph.D.),  of  St.  Vincent 
Hospital,  Worcester,  Mass.,  is  editor-in-chief 
of  the  Hantibook  of  Optics  (McGraw-Hill). 

Marcia  WaHace  Rogers  and  William  E. 
Kurtzhalz  were  married  at  Dickinson  College 
Sept.  4  and  are  Iwing  at  18  Yale  Sq.,  Morton, 
Pa.  19070.  "Bill  is  proprietor  of  the  Ingleneuk 
Restaurant,  Swarthmore,  Pa.,"  Marcia 
writes. 

The  Rev.  Edgar  F.  Wells  became  rector  of 
the  Church  of  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  145  West 
46th  St.,  New  York  City,  on  Jan.  15.  For  the 
past  thirteen  years,  Mr.  Wells  had  been  vicar 
and  then  rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Annun- 
ciation of  Our  Lady,  Waukegan,  111. 

C^^       Class  President  Tom  Cagliano  re- 
>Jjt       minds  classmates  that  the  big  25th 
reunion  is  less  than  six  months  away.  Reun- 
ion Gift  Chairman  Tom  Donaldson  and  his 
committee  have  obtained  several  pledges 
toward  the  goal,  which  has  been  set  at 
$300,000.  Each  member  of  the  class  will  be 
contacted  shortly  for  a  pledge.  Details  for  the 
four-day  weekend  are  being  mailed  to  all 
classmates,  who,  in  return,  are  asked  to  send 
along  information  about  themselves  and 
their  activities  to  President  Gagliano,  who  is 
a  partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Gagliano,  Tucci  & 
Kennedy,  1090  Broadway,  West  Long 
Branch,  N.J.  07764.  Tom  was  recently  elected 
to  the  New  Jersey  State  Senate.  "It's  hoped 
that  the  merger  of  the  Brown  and  Pembroke 
classes  of  1954  will  be  finalized  in  the  near  fu- 
ture," Tom  writes. 

As  of  December,  more  than  forty  former 
Pembrokers  had  announced  their  plans  to  at- 
tend the  25th  reunion  on  June  1-4.  Maureen 


O'Brien  Sheehan  and  her  committee  have  put 
together  an  exciting  weekend,  one  that  in- 
cludes several  events  with  the  men  of  '54. 
Exclusive  to  the  class  will  be  the  luncheon  at 
List  Art  Building  on  Saturday,  which  will  fea- 
ture good  food,  good  conversation,  and  an 
"arts  potpourri"  program  starring  several  of 
our  classmates.  More  details  will  follow,  but 
in  the  meantime  please  reserve  the  dates  of 
June  1-4  for  the  once-in-a-lifetime  thrill  of  a 
25th  reunion  on  College  Hill. 

Claudette  Bernbe  Belyea,  Huntington 
Beach,  Calif.,  is  systems  analyst  for  Com- 
puter Sciences  Corp.  Her  two  daughters  are 
Denice,  19,  a  sophomore  at  Long  Beach  State 
University,  and  Michele,  17,  a  senior  in  high 
school. 

Donald  H.  Breslow,  director  of  engineer- 
ing at  Itek  Corporation's  Measurement  Sys- 
tems Division,  was  cited  recently  for  six  in- 
ventions he  has  developed.  He  lives  at  6 
Blueberry  Cir.,  Framingham,  Mass.  01701. 

Tliomas  ].  Cashill  writes:  "I  completed 
twenty  years  with  Burlington  Industries  in 
June  and  look  forward  to  the  next  twenty  liv- 
ing in  Barrington,  R.I."  Tom  works  in  the 
South  Attleboro  (Mass.)  office.  He  has  a  son 
at  the  University  of  Rhode  Island  and  one  at 
Hun  School  in  Princeton,  N.J.,  who  hopes  to 
attend  Brown  in  the  fall.  Tom's  daughter  is  in 
high  school  and  has  dreams  of  going  to  med- 
ical school.  His  wife,  Alice  Williams  Cashill, 
has  a  career  with  Planned  Parenthood. 

Leslie  B.  Disharoon  has  been  elected  pres- 
ident and  a  director  of  Monumental  Corp.,  2 
East  Chase  St.,  Baltimore,  Md.  21202. 

John  S.  Edgecomb  is  head  of  the  pitching 
department  at  Ralston  Purina's  mushroom 
farm  in  North  Franklin,  Conn.,  and  still  plays 
Dixieland  jazz,  especially  in  the  summer  on 
the  steamboat  Sabino  out  of  Mystic  Seaport. 

A.  Edward  Giberti,  Norwood,  Mass.,  has 
been  appointed  divisional  vice  president  of 
Polaroid's  Asia-Pacific  operations. 

John  H.  Henkel  (Ph.D.)  is  professor  of 
physics  at  the  University  of  Georgia  in 
Athens. 

Lynn  Campbell  King  and  Gregory  M. 
Morris,  a  research  associate  in  pathology  at 
SUNY  Stony  Brook,  were  married  in  Sep- 
tember. Lynn,  a  foreign  student  adviser  at 
Stony  Brook,  has  completed  all  her  courses 
and  exams  for  the  Ph.D.  and  is  writing  her 
dissertation  on  Old  English  literature.  Her 
children,  Paul,  16,  and  Jennifer,  14,  are  in 
high  school.  The  familv  lives  at  43  Ivy  League 
Ln.,  Stony  Brook,  N.Y.  11790. 

Ken  Lindsay  is  dealer  development  man- 
ager with  Saab-Scandia  of  America,  Orange, 
Conn.  He  lives  at  446  Evergreen  Ave.,  Ham- 
den,  Conn.  06518. 

Barbara  Mesirow  Miller  reports  that  her 
daughter,  Liz,  is  a  freshman  at  Brown. 

Anne  Barr  Wenzel  writes  that  she  and  her 
daughters,  Susan,  17,  and  Margaret,  10,  had 
an  exciting  ride  through  the  Panama  Canal 
on  the  Belleau  Wood  LHA3.  "With  the  boat 
106  feet  wide,  it  was  a  tight  squeeze  in  the 
110-foot  wide  lock."  Anne's  address:  Lincoln 
Life,  Box  551,  Balboa,  C.Z.,  Panama. 

C  C       Donald  R.  DeCuxio  writes  that  he 
c/\-/       has  resigned  as  president  and  di- 
rector of  Entwistle  Companv  and  is  looking 
for  a  smaller  firm  to  acquire.  His  address:  595 
Central  St.,  Boylston,  Mass.  01505.  "Would 
like  to  hear  from  classmates,"  he  adds. 


James  T.  Egan  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  Paoli  (Pa.)  Memorial  Hospital. 

C/^  lohii  F.  Batrd  is  manager  of  pro- 
JO  duct  development  and  business 
analysis  for  IBM  in  White  Plains,  N.Y. 

Jenifer  "Jiffy"  Morgan  Massey  is  a  real  es- 
tate investment  counselor  with  Century  21 
Shelter  Investments,  1621  E.  17th  St.,  Santa 
Ana,  Calif.  92701,  specializing  in  apartments, 
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and  limited  partnerships.  She  lives  in  Mis- 
sion Viejo,  Orange  County,  with  her  hus- 
band, John  (Cornell  '55),  a  civil  engineer,  and 
children  Hilary,  15,  John  111,  13,  and  Jushn,  9. 
Jiffy  writes  that  she  would  love  to  hear  from 
old  friends. 

Lester  R.  Peavy  is  living  in  East  Provi- 
dence, R.I.,  and  working  for  the  Rhode  Is- 
land Department  of  Employment  Security. 

Gail  ScotI  Skeman's  husband,  John,  is 
president  of  Teledyne  Rodney  Metals  in  New 
Bedford,  Mass.  Their  children  are  jolui,  jr., 
20,  who  transferred  to  the  University  of  Mas- 
sachusetts this  year  from  Brown;  Flip,  18,  a 
freshman  at  Pennsylvania;  and  Deb,  17,  a 
junior  at  Dartmouth  High  School.  Gail  is  re- 
searching the  history  of  the  New  Bedford 
Yacht  Club  and  would  welcome  any  infor- 
mation about  people  connected  with  the 
club.  She  is  also  a  part-time  reader  of  arctic 
whaling  logs  for  a  census  of  the  19th  century 
bowhead  population,  and  is  a  docent  at  (he 
Old  Dartmouth  Historical  Society  Whaling 
Museum. 

Dr.  Josef  Soloway  is  practicing  pediatrics 
in  Forest  Hills,  N.Y.,  in  a  four-man  group. 
He  is  also  an  assistant  clinical  professor  of 
pediatrics  at  the  Cornell  Medical  School.  Dr. 
Soloway  is  a  chairman  of  Brown's  NASP 
committee  in  Queens  and  would  welcome 
any  additions  to  his  committee.  He  lives  in 
Jamaica  Estates  with  his  wife  and  three  of 
their  four  children,  Liz,  Andy,  and  Todd. 
Greg  is  a  freshman  at  Brown. 

C^      Richard  D.  Godfrey  is  vice  presi- 
^/        dent  of  the  Trust  Company  of  the 
West  in  San  Francisco,  a  firm  specializing  in 
the  management  of  large  corporate  pension 
funds.  "Ahby  Brown  lives  down  the  street  (in 
Pacific  Palisades),"  he  says. 

John  F.  Nickoll,  Beverly  Hills,  Calif.,  a 
NASP  regional  director  for  Region  9,  reports 
that  his  son,  Daniel,  is  a  member  of  Brown's 
freshman  class. 

John  J.  Roe  III,  a  member  of  the  law  firm 
of  Pelletreau  &  Pelletreau,  of  Patchogue, 
N.Y.,  has  been  elected  a  director  of  the  Suf- 
folk County  Bar  Assn.  John  is  also  chairman 
of  the  New  York  State  Bar  Association 
Committee  on  Professional  Economics  and 
Efficiency  Research. 

[TO       Jack  Anderson,  Rochester,  N.Y.,  is 
\J\J       an  investment  counselor  with 
Howe  and  Rusling.  He  and  his  wife,  Anne 
Chmieleirski  Anderson  (see  '59),  have  two 
children:  Brian,  10,  and  Kirsten,  8. 

Constance  Black  Engle  is  a  catalogue  libra- 
rian at  Wayne  State  University  in  Detroit. 
Her  husband.  Earl,  is  a  staff  analyst  in  the 
financial  department  of  General  Motors  As- 
sembly Division's  central  office  in  Warren, 
Mich.  James  is  13  and  Douglas  is  10.  The  new 
address  for  the  family  is  5221  Longmeadow 
Dr.,  Bloomfield  Hills^  Mich.  48013.  Connie 
would  welcome  knowing  about  any  Brown 
alumni  in  the  area. 

Jawcs  Etntekjian  (Ph.D.)  has  completed  an 
anthology  of  western  American  literature 
under  a  grant  from  the  U.S.  Office  of  Educa- 
tion. He  lives  in  West  Newton,  Mass. 

John  J.  Roach  is  a  senior  vice  president  for 
Home  Federal  Savings  and  Loan  in  San 
Diego.  He  and  his  wife,  Judy,  have  two  sons 
—  Josh,  17,  who  will  enter  the  University  of 


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California  at  San  Diego  next  year,  and  Jason, 
9. 

Dion  Shea,  Stony  Brook,  N.Y.,  is  head  of 
the  Society  of  Physics  Students,  American 
Institute  of  Physics.  He  and  his  wife,  Mary 
Cingras  Shea  (see  '59),  have  two  children: 
Dion,  Jr.,  13,  and  Nancy,  11. 

William  Sih'ert  ('65  Ph.D.)  is  working  at 
the  Marine  Ecology  Laboratory,  Bedford  In- 
stitute of  Oceanography,  Dartmouth,  Nova 
Scotia. 

EdivardJ.  Williamson  is  deputy  director  of 
acquisition  and  contract  policy  in  the  Office 
of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Navy  (Man- 
power, Reserve  Affairs  and  Logistics)  in 
Washington,  D.C.  He  and  his  wife,  Teresa, 
and  their  two  daughters,  Anne  Marie,  13, 
and  Mary  Elisabeth,  11,  live  in  Springfield, 
Va. 


CO       John  Blish  and  David  Merchant  have 
\J  Zf       been  named  co-chairmen  of  the 
20th  reunion  and  have  worked  with  the 
committee  on  plans  for  the  June  1-4  weekend 
on  campus.  The  class  will  be  involved  in  all 
of  the  University-sponsored  events,  but  we 
are  also  planning  at  least  two  gatherings  with 
a  special  '59  flavor:  a  Friday  afternoon  social 
hour  at  our  headquarters  and  a  gala  Saturday 
evening  dinner  at  the  Turks  Head  Club  prior 
to  attendance  at  the  Pops  Concert. 

Ann  Chmieleirski  Anderson  is  chief  of  in- 
patient social  work  for  the  department  of 
psychiatry  at  Strong  Memorial  Hospital, 
Rochester,  NY.,  and  is  also  in  private  prac- 
tice. She  is  co-chairwoman  of  the  National 
Alumni  Schools  Program  for  Brown  in  her 
area.  Ann  and  her  husband,  jack  (see  '58), 
have  two  children:  Brian,  10,  and  Kirsten,  8. 

Lt.  Col.  Richard  /.  Beland  is  stationed  at 
Langley  AFB,  Va. ,  as  an  air  operations  officer 
with  a  unit  of  the  Tactical  Air  Command. 

John  H.  Blish,  a  partner  in  the  Providence 
law  firm  of  Edwards  &  Angell,  has  been 
elected  to  the  board  of  overseers  of  Moses 
Brown  School.  He  recently  completed  a  term 
as  secretary  of  Brown's  Associated  Alumni. 
John's  wife,  Jody,  teaches  mathematics  at 
Lincoln  School,  Providence.  They  live  in 
Rumford  with  their  children,  Geoff,  9,  and 
Kate,  6. 

A.  Stephen  Boyan,  Jr.,  is  on  sabbatical 
leave  from  the  University  of  Maryland- 
Baltimore  County  to  work  on  a  book  entitled 
If  People  Were  Angels:  Restoring  Governmental 
Accountability.  Steve  is  also  organizing,  for 
the  American  Ethical  Union,  a  nationwide 
support  group  for  people  who  blow  the 
whistle  on  illegal,  unethical,  or  wasteful 
governmental  practices. 

Stuart  L.  Fleischer  is  a  partner  in  Arthur 
Young  &  Co.,  the  accounting  firm.  He  lives 
at  25  High  View  Rd.,  Ossining,  N.Y.  10562. 

C.  Douglas  Fenner  is  chairman  of  the 
foreign  language  department  at  the  Loomis- 
Chaffee  School,  Windsor,  Conn. 

Richard  E.  Grenier  has  been  with  Corning 
Glass  Works  for  sixteen  years  and  is  senior 
sales  representative  in  scientific  glassware 
and  equipment  for  the  eastern  Pennsylvania, 
South  Jersey,  and  Delaware  region.  Dick  is 
married  and  has  two  bovs  and  one  girl.  He 
lives  at  65  Davis  Rd.,  Ambler,  Pa.  19002. 

Dr.  Craig  A.  Harris  is  pracHcing  internal 
medicine  in  Cumberland,  R.I.,  where  he  also 
serves  as  director  of  the  department  of 
medicine  at  Woonsocket  Hospital.  He  and 
continued  on  page  44 


Roger  Vaughan: 
'What  turns  me 
on  is  making 
people  laugh' 

As  you  turn  into  the  driveway  of  Roger 
Vaughan's  house  in  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island,  the  first  thing  that's  likely  to  catch 
your  eye  —  apart  from  the  broad  sweep  of 
open  field  around  the  house  and  the  view  of 
the  Sakonnet  River  beyond  —  is  three  bulky 
sheep  standing  in  a  knot  next  to  the  house, 
regarding  you  with  placid  curiosity.  Their 
presence  here,  beside  an  angular  glass-and- 
shingle  home  of  unmistakably  contemporary 
design,  is  like  a  gentle  joke.  Yet  they  obvi- 
ously regard  you  as  the  intruder. 

Inside,  you  pass  through  a  living  room 
with  a  two-story  ceiling  and  two  platform 
bunk  beds  built  under  an  overhanging  deck. 
In  the  sitting  room  beyond,  an  assortment  of 
anfique  furniture  surrounds  an  Ashley  wood 
stove,  which,  as  it  turns  out,  heats  almost  the 
enfire  house.  A  cat  is  snoozing  in  front  of  the 
stove,  another  on  the  couch,  and  two  large, 
friendly  dogs  wriggle  up  to  you.  (There  are 
nine  household  pets  in  all:  seven  cats  and 
two  dogs.  The  sheep  also  try  to  come  in  the 
house  somefimes,  considering  themselves 
part  of  the  family.)  Looking  out  the  window, 
you  nofice  an  assortment  of  large  wooden 
odds  and  ends  (a  trestle,  a  hot  tub,  etc.)  dot- 
ting the  five-acre  field  like  so  many  free- 
standing sculptures. 

This  cozy  eclecficism  aptly  mirrors  the 
persona  of  Roger  Vaughan  —  class  of  '59, 
former  editor  for  the  Saturday  Evening  Post 


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^^^^^ 


tsx 


and  Life,  former  director  of  the  Brown  News 
Bureau,  freelance  writer  and  photographer, 
biographer  of  Ted  Turner  '60,  and  chronicler 
of  the  1974  America's  Cup.  Also;  erstwhile 
musician,  choirboy,  welder,  ski  patrolman, 
encyclopedia  salesman,  commercial  fisher- 
man. And:  sometime  carpenter  and  sculptor, 
self-described  "sailing  freak  and  good  tennis 
player,"  Red  Smith  fan,  creator  and  pur- 
veyor of  a  concoction  called  a  dessert  pizza, 
husband  of  Karen  (a.k.a.  "Possum"),  father 
of  Roger  Jr.,  stepfather  of  Kim. 

The  day  we  visited  Roger,  he  took  us  on 
a  tour  of  the  house,  showing  us  the  garage 
they  had  converted  to  an  extra  room,  where 
iwo  Sunfish  sails  were  hanging  from  the  ceil- 
ing (he  races  in  the  Barrington  frostbite  fleet 
every  Sunday).  The  deck  and  platform  beds 
in  the  living  room  are  his  own  handiwork; 
the  deck  serves  as  an  office  for  Karen,  who  is 
a  freelance  advertising  set  designer  and 
photo  stylist. 

Roger's  office  is  in  the  basement,  where 
he  also  does  carpentry  and  is  working  on  a 
free-form  sculpture  of  metal,  wood,  and 
styrofoam.  The  sheep,  incidentally,  are  put 
to  good  use:  the  lambs  thev  produce  are 
eventually  sent  out  to  be  slaughtered  for 
their  meat  and  fleece,  and  each  year  a  man 
comes  to  shear  the  sheep.  The  wool  is  then 
sent  to  a  firm  in  Maine  to  be  carded  and 
made  into  yarn,  which  went  into  making  one 


of  Roger's  favorite  sweaters. 

In  a  sense,  Roger  earned  his  freedom  — 
or  was  propelled  into  it  —  by  spending  eight 
years  in  the  New  York  magazine-publishing 
rat  race.  It  wasn't  all  bad;  his  four  years  at  the 
P('.s(  were  "hectic,  exciting,  romantic,"  and 
he  met  Karen  in  the  hallways  of  the  Curtis 
Publishing  Company,  where  she  was  photo 
editor  of  iheLadks'  Home  journal.  (He  calls  it 
"a  New  York  mass  media  meeting.")  At  Life, 
he  was  youth  and  education  editor  during 
the  late  '60s.  "It  was  a  gas,"  he  said.  "We 
covered  drugs,  politics,  music,  the  whole 
scene."  But  eight  years  in  New  York  took 
their  toll,  personally  and  professionally,  and 
in  1970  he  moved  to  Little  Compton  and 
"eased  the  throttle,"  working  as  a  writer, 
commercial  fisherman,  and  photographer 
and  trying  to  stay  afloat  financially. 

Since  then,  he's  set  his  own  pace  —  ex- 
cept for  three  years  (1972-75)  as  director  of 
the  Brown  News  Bureau,  a  job  that  was 
"more  to  my  liking  than  I  could  have  imag- 
ined" but  which  he  quit  in  order  to  finish  his 
first  book,  Tlic  Gmiid  Gtvtun'.  The  pace  has 
been  good  for  him.  In  a  1973  update  of  his 
autobiographical  resume,  he  wrote,  "Highest 
of  all  is  that  I  am  enjoying  writing  again.  I 
used  to  enjov  writing.  That  was  before  1 
worked  at  it  for  the  Pos/,  Life.  Life  in  parhcular 
almost  soured  it  for  me  permanently.  But  I 
am  into  it  with  improved  concentration 


spans  and  renewed  energy,  and  I  am  grateful 
it  is  all  still  there." 

When  we  visited  Roger  in  December,  he 
was  doing  his  usual  juggling  act:  one  project 
completed,  another  underway,  another  in 
the  planning  stages.  His  second  book,  Ted 
Turner:  Vie  Man  Beliind  the  Moiilli,  had  come 
out  a  few  weeks  earlier  and  was  picked  as  an 
alternate  selection  for  the  Book-of-the- 
Month  Club  in  February.  Roger  had  just  got 
back  from  a  trip  to  California,  where  he  was 
doing  a  photography  assignment  for  the  Na- 
Honal  Committee/Arts  for  the  Handicapped 
about  a  project  to  improve  the  quality  of  life 
for  severely  and  profoundly  handicapped 
children,  and  was  about  to  leave  for  Wash- 
ington to  continue  working  on  it. 

His  next  venture  is  a  non-fiction  novel 
(the  genre  made  popular  by  Truman  Ca- 
pote), which  he  described  as  "your  basic 
smuggling  story.  It's  based  on  a  1965  event  in 
California  that's  still  simmering.  No  violence 
—  just  humor  and  sex.  What  turns  me  on 
most  is  making  people  laugh.  If  I  can  do 
that,  I'm  happy."  I-P- 


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his  wife,  Judy,  and  their  children  are  living  in 
Cumberland. 

Kenneth  H.  Hauck  is  now  director  of 
sales/marketing  with  the  International  Divi- 
sion of  Allen-Bradley  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Dr.  Bernard  P.  Lane  is  professor  of 
pathology  at  SUN'V  Stony  Brook.  He  and  his 
wife,  Dr.  Dorothy  S.  Lane,  have  three  chil- 
dren: Erika,  12,  Andrew,  10,  and  Matthew,  7. 

Mel  S.  Lavitt  and  his  wife,  Wendy,  live  in 
New  York  City,  where  Mel  is  a  partner  in  L. 
F.  Rothschild,  Unterberg,  Towbin.  His  com- 
pany's name  was  incorrectly  reported  in  the 
November  class  notes. 

Sally  Spaugh  Mahan  is  back  home  after  a 
sabbatical  year  in  Goteborg,  Sweden,  where 
her  husband,  Jerry,  was  a  Nordita  Scholar 
and  visiting  professor  of  physics  at  Chalmers 
Institute  of  Technology.  They  live  at  805 
Meadowbrook,  Bloomington,  Ind.  47401. 

Alan  P.  Miller  is  a  partner  in  the  Chicago 
law  firm  of  Goldenson,  Kiesler,  Berman  & 
Brenner,  which  specializes  in  civil  jury  trial 
work. 

John  Lee  Oliver  has  been  elected  a  senior 
vice  president  of  The  Marschalk  Co.,  a  New 
York  advertising  agency.   "Mv  daughter, 
Victoria,  entered  Brown  this  fall,"  he  writes. 

lane  Kates  Pincus  writes:  "We  (her  hus- 
band is  Edward  Pincus  (see  '60)1  live  in  Rox- 
bur)',  Vt.,  with  our  children,  Sami,  13,  and 
Beu,  9,  and  our  animals  (ducks,  cats,  dogs, 
cows,  horses)  and  gardens.  Am  in  the  pro- 
cess of  deciding  what  kind  of  farm  we  want 
to  have.  I  plan  to  go  back  to  high  school 
teaching  and  am  taking  Spanish  courses.  I'm 
still  an  ongoing  member  of  the  Boston  Wom- 
en's Health  Book  Collective,  and  have  writ- 
ten a  very  small  part  of  our  new  book,  Oiir- 
seli'es  and  Our  Children,  published  by  Random 
House,  a  book  about  being  parents." 

Lois  A.  Rappaporl  is  on  the  research  fac- 
ulty at  the  Wharton  School  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  specializing  in  international 
labor  relations.  Before  joining  Wharton  in 
1977,  she  was  a  second  vice  president  of  the 
Chase  Manhattan  Bank  for  eight  years,  ser\'- 
ing  as  manager  of  domestic  and  international 
labor  relations  research. 

Dr.  Clark  A.  Satnmartino  is  chairman  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Health  Education  and 
Building  Corp.,  having  been  appointed  by 
Governor  Garrahy.  Clark  is  chief  of  oral  and 
maxillofacial  surger\'  at  Roger  Williams 
General  Hospital  and  is  a  diplomate  of  the 
American  Board  of  Oral  and  Maxillofacial 
Burger)'.  He  lives  with  his  wife,  Carole,  and 
their  four  children  in  North  Kingstown,  R.I. 

Mary  Gingras  Shea  is  director  of  the  in- 
formal studies  program  at  the  State  Univer- 
sity of  New  York  at  Stony  Brook.  She  was 
formerly  publications  editor  of  the  Three  Vil- 
lage School  District  and  chairman  of  the  En- 
vironmental Centers  at  Setauket-Smithtown, 
both  part-time  positions.  Megs  and  her  hus- 
band, Dion  (see  '58),  have  two  children, 
Dion,  Jr.,  13,  and  Nancy,  11. 

John  W.  Soggs  writes  that  he  has  been 
operating  a  real  estate  brokerage  and  de- 
velopment business  in  New  Hartford,  N.Y. 
He  is  also  secretar)'  of  the  Greater  Utica 
Board  of  Realtors.  "I've  been  interviewing 
Brown  subfreshmen  for  several  years  now 
and  have  opened  mv  home  for  a  Christmas 
party  several  times  to  introduce  applicants  to 
our  regional  Brown  undergraduates.  It's 
great  to  see  the  quality  of  the  current  student 


body." 

Rich  Teuscher,  2507  Rosefield,  Houston, 
Texas  77080,  writes:  "Wife  Sherry,  children 
Wiley,  15,  Fritz,  11,  and  Jon,  4,  and  myself 
are  finally  back  in  Texas  after  a  four-year  stint 
in  New  Jersey.  Am  employed  as  the  sales 
manager  for  the  Gulf  Coast  area  by  Keuffel  &l 
Esser,  for  whom  I  have  worked  fifteen 
years." 

£LC\  Veronika  Albrecht-Rodrigues  sends 
vVr  news  of  her  new  job  as  assistant 
professor  of  foreign  languages  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  Miami  in  Coral  Gables,  Fla.  She 
and  her  husband,  Benjamin,  a  builder  and 
cabinet-maker  who  is  buying,  restoring,  and 
selling  old  houses,  report  the  birth  of  their 
first  child,  Maria  Veronika,  on  Sept.  2,  1977. 

James  M.  Bower  is  the  new  director  of  St. 
Thomas's  Day  School  in  New  Haven,  Conn. 
Jim  had  been  an  educational  consultant  for 
Sen.  Jacob  Javits  of  New  York,  charged  with 
studying  Title  I  programs  in  the  New  York 
City  schools. 

Jim  de  Merlier  is  director-marketing  de- 
velopment for  the  photographic  division  of 
Minolta  Corp.,  Ramsey,  N.J.  Jim  lives  in 
Woodcliff  Lake,  N.J.,  with  his  wife,  Patricia, 
and  children  David,  Kevin,  and  Anne  Marie. 

Tomas  Fcininger  (Sc.M.,  '64  Ph.D.)  and 
his  wife.  Donna,  report  the  birth  of  their 
third  daughter,  Ingrid  Julia,  on  April  7.  After 
nearly  eight  years  at  the  Escuela  Politecnica 
Nacional  in  Quito,  Ecuador,  he  and  his  fam- 
ily "headed  north  "  to  a  home  at  49  River  Dr., 
Hadley,  Mass.  01035. 

Richard  P.  Hodges  is  selling  an  energy 
conser\'ation  product  for  American  Energy 
Control,  Framingham,  Mass. 

Edward  R.  Pinciis,  who  lives  in  Roxbury, 
Vf.,  with  his  wife,  Jane  Kates  Pincus  (see  '59), 
and  their  two  children,  teaches  film-making 
at  MIT,  commuting  once  a  month,  and  takes 
courses  in  agriculture  at  Vermont  Technical 
College.  He  has  just  completed  a  new  film. 
Life  and  Other  Anxieties. 

/2'1        David  Croh,  now  "divorced"  from 
\J  J.       Rhoda,  his  TV  wife,  is  enjoying  a 
successful  run  on  Broadway  in  Neil  Simon's 
play.  Chapter  Two. 

Emily  Arnold  McCutty  has  illustrated  the 
children's  book.  Where  Wild  Willie,  by  Arnold 
Adoff  (Harper  Junior  Books). 

/T  ^       Lucinda  Lynne  Bruner  Bryant  moved 
\j^       to  Boulder,  Colo.,  last  summer. 
She  IS  studying  Russian  and  doing  volunteer 
work.  Edward  is  10  and  Katherine  is  7.  Her 
address:  5190  Ingersoll  PI.,  Boulder  80303. 

/.  Jonathan  Frank  is  executive  vice  presi- 
dent of  Omnicon  Corp.  He  and  his  wife, 
Virginia,  and  sons  Morgan,  6,  and  Gunnar, 
4,  have  moved  toCanfield  Rd.,  Essex,  Conn. 
06426. 

Stanley  L.  Freedman  is  teaching  guitar, 
music  theory,  and  jazz  history  at  Hope  High 
School  in  Providence.  He  is  also  conducting  a 
community  choral  group  dedicated  to  Jewish 
choral  music. 

Christopher  G.  Graham  is  a  trust  officer  in 
the  Crocker  National  Bank  in  San  Jose,  Calif. 
He's  an  active  sportsman  and  travels  a  great 
deal. 

Dr.  Stei'en  V.  Hershenow  practices 
medicine  at  Chestnut  Hill  (Mass.)  Medical 
Center  and  is  on  the  faculty  at  Harvard  Med- 


ical School  as  a  lecturer  in  medicine.  He  and 
Rachel  are  the  parents  of  Barry  and  Andre\\ 

David  B.  Kauffman  writes:  "After  several 
years  of  coping  with  the  frustration  of  de- 
velopment, I  turned  to  working  with  other 
people's  real  estate  problems  about  three 
years  ago.  As  a  real  estate  consultant,  1  spend 
most  of  my  time  with  problem  loans  and 
service  corporation  projects  of  1st  Federal 
Savings  of  Philadelphia.  This  is  my  four- 
teenth year  as  treasurer  of  the  Brown  Club  of 
Philadelphia,  and  together  with  fund-raising 
and  NASP  interviewing,  I  keep  in  touch  with 
Brown." 

Emily  Mott-Smith  MacKenzie  received  her 
M.A.  from  the  University  of  Connecticut  and 
has  been  a  counseling  intern  at  a  vocational 
technical  high  school.  Her  husband,  Richard, 
has  been  made  a  partner  at  Day,  Berry  & 
Howard  of  Hartford.  Emily  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Manchester  Council  of  PTAs  and 
area  chairman  for  NASP.  The  couple  lives  at 
15  Plymouth  Ln.,  Manchester,  Conn.  06040 
with  their  children:  Jennifer,  11,  Meg,  8,  and 
Hannah,  5. 

Peter  A.  Papiadopoulos,  Newington, 
Conn.,  has  been  named  vice  president  of 
Heublein  Spirits  Group.  He  and  his  wife, 
Josephine  Marchetti  (see  '65),  have  five  chil- 
dren: Jill,  11;  Peter,  9;  David,  7;  Mark,  5;  and 
Cara,  2. 

Dr.  Stefihen  M.  Pizcr  spent  a  sabbatical 
year  in  England  doing  research  at  University 
College  Hospital.  He's  associate  professor  of 
computer  science  and  adjunct  associate  pro- 
fessor of  radiology  at  the  University  of  North 
Carolina  at  Chapel  Hill.  Steve  plays  the 
clarinet  regularly  in  chamber  groups  and  or- 
chestras. He  and  his  wife,  Marilyn  Clossen 
Pizer  '63,  have  two  daughters. 

Dr.  Michael  Edward  Slayton  is  in  the  pri- 
vate practice  of  internal  medicine  with  three 
other  internists  in  Blacksburg,  Va.  He  and 
Margaret  Anne  are  the  parents  of  Andrew,  6, 
and  Emily,  6. 

John  R.  South  and  Martha  Hill  South  are 
livmg  in  Neuilly  sur  Seins,  just  outside  Paris, 
where  they  came  from  Minneapolis  in  1977. 
John  is  general  manager  of  Graco  Operations 
in  Europe,  North  Africa,  and  the  Middle 
East.  Martha  and  daughters,  Laura,  10,  and 
Julie,  7,  are  enjoying  life  in  France  and  are 
taking  advantage  of  the  opportunity  to  travel 
through  Europe. 

(L^t        Dr.  Roger  A.  Breslow  and  his  vs'ife, 
\J<J       residents  of  Utica,  N.Y.,  report  the 
birth  of  a  daughter,  Stephanie  Marie,  on 
Aug.  9. 

Sally  Curtiss  Campbell  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  New  York  Public  Library' 
Union,  Local  1930,  AFSCME.  Her  husband. 
Chuck,  is  the  manager  of  Book  Branch  East  at 
63rd  E.  8th,  a  new  shop  in  the  Village 
specializing  in  classical  music  records  as  well 
as  books  on  the  arts  in  the  broadest  sense.  "1 
had  to  run  twice  for  my  presidency  due  to 
election  error,  winning  by  fourteen  votes  the 
first  time  and  by  150  the  second  time 
around,"  Sally  writes.  "There  are  1,500 
members  in  the  union,  including  librar)' 
workers  at  the  famous  42nd  St.  &  5th  Ave. 
Central  Building,  and  more  than  eighty 
branches  in  three  boroughs.  Trying  to  get 
people  to  understand  that  workers  are  as  in- 
valuable in  a  library  as  books  can  sometimes 
be  difficult." 


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Carole  /ones  Dineen  is  vice  president  of 
Commercial  Account  Operations,  New  York 
City. 

Anthony  B.  Fruhauf  is  headmaster  of  The 
Prairie  School,  Racine,  Wis. 

Tom  Generous  has  resigned  as  chairman 
of  the  history  department  at  Choate  Rose- 
mary Hall,  Wallingford,  Conn.,  to  return  to 
his  first  love,  the  "education  of  students." 
He  writes:  "Serving  as  chairman  has  taken 
me  out  of  the  classroom  and  also  away  from 
coaching  to  a  degree  that  I  haven't  enjoyed. 
The  school  is  now  undertaking  a  search  for  a 
replacement.  I  imagine  that  it  will  require  at 
least  fifteen  minutes  of  concentrated  thinking 
to  come  up  with  someone.  But  when  the  task 
is  completed,  I'm  back  to  where  I  belong,  and 
where  I  feel  the  most  competent." 

The  Rev.  Henry  L.  Hammond  is  a  stock- 
broker for  Kidder,  Peabody  and  Co.  in  its 
Baltimore  office.  He  continues  to  be  an  active 
Episcopal  priest  on  a  non-stipendiary  basis. 

Atkin  Y.  Simonian  is  markering  manager 
for  the  tin  and  zinc  operations  of  the  Plating 
Division  of  M&T  Chemicals,  Inc.  He  lives  in 
Little  Silver,  N.J. 

Kathy  Cauthier  Titchen,  a  medical  writer 
for  ihe  Honolulu  Star-Bulletin,  has  been 
awarded  the  Hawaii  Medical  Association's 
first  prize  for  "outstanding  medical  jour- 
nalism." 

Doris  Aldrich  Wilk  is  a  vice  president  of 
Hospital  Trust  National  Bank  in  Providence. 

Gordon  Ryerson  Williams,  jr.,  Wayland, 
Mass.,  has  been  named  senior  trust  officer, 
trust  division,  at  The  First  National  Bank  of 
Boston. 

£L/\        You  have  heard  from /o/in  Lra'is 
UM       and  his  committee  that  plans  for 
the  15th  reunion  are  underway.  Two  mail- 
ings have  encouraged  you  to  save  the 
weekend  of  June  1-4  for  a  return  to  the  scene 
of  the  social  and  academic  adventure  of  your 
youth.  We  think  now  that  you  have  the  mes- 
sage that  this  is  going  to  be  a  big  reunion  — 
an  important  reunion  —  and  that  we  want 
you  there.  We  hope  to  carry  the  names  of 
those  signing  up  early  in  subsequent  issues 
of  this  magazine.  At  any  rate,  keep  those 
cards  and  letters  coming  to:  1964  15th  Reun- 
ion, Box  1859,  Brown  University,  Providence 
02912. 

Dr.  Richard  A.  Baum  is  an  assistant  pro- 
fessor at  the  University  of  Maryland  School 
of  Medicine  and  is  director  of  the  Maryland 
Treatment  Center,  National  Cooperative 
Gallstone  Study.  He  and  his  wife  report  the 
birth  of  their  daughter,  Alice,  on  April  29, 
1977. 

Douglas  G.  Seattle,  a  resident  of  Bingham- 
ton,  NY.,  since  1970,  four  years  ago  founded 
a  counseling  center  called  Twin  Tiers  Human 
Services,  where  he  works  as  a  psychothera- 
pist. "I  have  been  doing  consultant  work  and 
training  with  various  organizartons,  includ- 
ing several  local  IBM  plants,"  he  writes.  "Re- 
cently, I  have  written  some  stories  and  poet- 
ry. Am  also  constantly  involved  in  research 
on  the  interplay  of  emotions  and  thinking  in 
the  human  personality.  Where  I  work,  we 
have  integrated  a  variety  of  therapy  ap- 
proaches to  allow  people  to  make  effective 
changes.  We  are  committed  to  a  holistic  ap- 
proach to  health  problems  and  work  closely 
with  the  medical  community  in  dealing  with 
the  psychosomatic  element  in  all  illness." 


John  Paul  Cannon  has  been  in  charge  of 
the  acting  program  at  Southern  Illinois  Uni- 
versity for  the  past  six  years,  in  addihon  to 
acting  and  directing  professionally.  He  re- 
cently directed  an  original  play  that  later  was 
a  finalist  in  the  American  College  Theater 
Festival. 

Tom  Draper  and  his  wife,  Rachel,  of  Mil- 
ford,  Del.,  have  four  children:  Mariah,  8, 
Molly,  7,  Hank,  3,  and  Bill,  2.  Tom  is  still  the 
owner-operator  of  Broadcasters,  Inc. 
(WTHD-AM/WAFL-FM).  This  fall  he  com- 
pleted the  Milford  Plaza  Shopping  Center 
and  has  been  appointed  a  director  of  the  Mil- 
ford  Trust  Co.  Rachel  has  been  named  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Delaware.  Tom  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  Northfield-Mount  Hermon  School. 
Their  address:  Box  324,  Milford,  Del.  19913. 

Stei'en  H.  Grindle  and  Merilee  Serrill 
Crindle  (see  '73)  report  the  birth  of  their  first 
child,  Alexandra  Hale,  on  Aug.  24.  They 
have  moved  to  38  Chestnut  St.,  Wellesley, 
Mass.  02181. 

Conrad  Lyle  Ober  and  his  wife,  Elaine, 
live  in  Eugene,  Oreg.,  where  Conrad  is  the 
director  of  Diversified  Production  Systems,  a 
sheltered  workshop  offering  vocational  train- 
ing to  handicapped  adults.  Elaine  and  Con- 
rad have  two  children,  Heidi  Elaine,  3,  and 
David  Alexander,  1. 

The  Rev.  James  A.  Simpson  is  associate 
pastor  of  the  First  Church  of  Christ  in  New 
Britain,  Conn. 

Peter  R.  Timms,  director  of  the  Fitchburg 
(Mass.)  Art  Museum,  has  joined  the  faculty 
of  Applewild  School  for  the  1978-79 
academic  year.  He  teaches  a  ninth-grade 
anthropology-archaeology  course. 

Bruce  T.  Williams  is  an  associate  professor 
of  anthropology  at  the  University  of  Pitts- 
burgh campus  at  Johnstown,  Pa. 

fl  C       Carl  A.  Anderson  (Ph.D.)  is  the 
\J\J       New  England  area  manager  for 
Hastings,  a  New  York  construction  firm.  He 
and  his  wife,  Jan,  have  a  second  daughter, 
Kirsten.  They  live  at  10  Woodcrest  Rd.,  Man- 
chester, Mass.  01944. 

Sam  Baumi;artcn  is  teaching  physical  ed- 
ucation in  an  elementary  school  in  Stony 
Brook,  N.Y.  He  is  also  coaching  and  referee- 
ing  youth  soccer.  In  his  spare  time  Sam  en- 
joys square  dance  calling. 

Leslie  Blatt  and  his  wife,  also  named  Les- 
lie, report  the  birth  of  their  first  child,  Cheryl 
Elizabeth,  on  November  1. 

F.  Dane  Buck,  Jr.,  is  an  associate  profes- 
sor at  Franklin  Pierce  Law  Center  in  Con- 
cord, N.H.  During  a  "partial  sabbarical"  last 
year,  he  obtained  a  master  of  laws  degree  in 
taxahon  from  Boston  University  Law  School. 

William  A.  Cltneburg,  Jr.,  is  a  partner  in 
the  Atlanta  law  firm  of  King  &  Spalding.  He 
and  his  wife.  Sue,  report  the  birth  of  their 
first  child,  Allison  Ann. 

James  P.  Henry  is  an  advisory  program- 
mer at  IBM  in  San  Jose,  Calif. 

Dr.  Richard  W.  Holt  has  completed  his 
residency  in  general  surgery  at  Georgetown 
University  Hospital,  where  he  is  an  instruc- 
tor in  the  division  of  surgical  oncology.  His 
address  is  2475  Virginia  Ave.  NW  #222, 
Washington,  D.C.  20037. 

Robert  V.  Hoioland  is  director  of  telecom- 
munications and  mail  at  Syracuse  University. 

Arline  R.  Kiven  (A.M.)  was  elected  in 


May  to  a  two-year  term  as  president  of  the 
Rhode  Island  Junior  College  Faculty  Associ- 
ation. 

Dr.  Daniel  J.  Koretz  and  Diane  C.  Schultz, 
of  Walworth,  N.Y.,  were  married  on  Nov.  4. 
The  couple  is  living  in  Ontario,  N.Y. 

Josephine  Marchetti  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Connecticut  School  of  Law 
with  high  honors  last  year.  She  is  serving  for 
one  year  as  law  clerk  in  the  appellate  session 
of  the  Superior  Court,  Hartford,  Conn.  She 
and  her  husband,  Peter  A.  Papadopoulos  (see 
'62),  have  five  children:  Jill,  11,  Peter,  9, 
David,  7,  Mark,  5,  and  Cara,  2. 

Michael  O.  Sanderson  is  manager  of  the 
Merrill  Lynch,  Pierce,  Fenner  &  Smith  office 
at  7  New  England  Executive  Park,  Bur- 
lington, Mass.  01803. 

Dr.  Thomas  P.  Sculco  and  his  wife  report 
the  birth  of  a  daughter,  Sarah  Jane,  in  Oc- 
tober. Tom  is  assistant  professor  of  ortho- 
pedic surgery  at  Cornell  Medical  College  and 
Hospital  for  Special  Surgery,  New  York  City. 
His  wife,  Cynthia,  is  on  leave  of  absence  as 
assistant  professor  at  Hunter  College  Grad- 
uate School  of  Nursing. 

£L£L       Jay  Baer  reports  that  he  is  a 
vvJ       partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Wolf, 
Block,  Schorr,  &  Solis-Cohen  in  Philadel- 
phia. He  and  his  wife,  Carol  Ferst  Baer  (see 
'69),  have  two  children:  Andrew,  8,  and 
Alison,  5.  They  live  at  640  Addison  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  19147. 

Leonard  A.  Caldwell  is  manager  for  Euro- 
pean, Middle  Eastern,  and  African  activities 
of  the  First  Pennsylvania  Bank  branch  office 
in  London.  "Substantial  travel  from  London 
throughout  the  general  area,  in  addition  to 
supervision  of  London  Branch  and  Frankfurt 
Representative  offices,  are  included  in  the 
assignment,"  Len  says.  "Nancy  and  my 
three  daughters  are  all  settled  nicely  in  a 
beauhful  home  in  Hampstead,  a  section  of 
London,  and  all  are  continuing  to  pursue  var- 
ious academic  pursuits  —  Nancv  in  biology 
and  the  girls  at  the  American  School  in  Lon- 
don." 

David  Deutsch  is  an  instructor  at  Queens 
College,  NY.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
Community  Health  Laboratories  in  Great 
Neck,  N.Y.  Dave  lives  at  Bridle  Path  East, 
Sands  Point,  N.Y.  11050  with  his  wife,  Gail, 
and  sons  Derek,  9,  and  Brian,  6. 

jon  C.  Keates  became  director  of  alumni 
relations  at  George  Washington  University  in 
Washington,  D.C,  in  October,  having  re- 
signed from  his  position  as  director  of  alumni 
relations  at  Brown. 

Dr.  Richard  Kops  and  his  wife,  Alice,  re- 
port the  birth  of  a  son,  Gregory  Michael,  on 
Oct.  24.  Dick  is  senior  fellow  in  pulmonary 
medicine  at  Martinez  Veterans  Hospital, 
University  of  California  at  Davis. 

Lawrence  A.  "Chip"  Quinn  and  his  wife, 
Kathleen,  report  the  birth  of  their  second 
child,  Alanna  Sullivan,  on  Sept.  2.  Brenna 
Driscoll  was  3  in  November.  The  family  lives 
in  Denver,  Colo. 

Meryl  Smith  Raskin  and  her  husband, 
Raymond,  report  the  birth  of  their  third  son, 
Ari  Daniel,  on  Jan.  20,  1978.  Fredric  is  5  and 
Eric  is  3.  Meryl  reports  that  Ari  was  named  in 
memory  of  his  grandfather,  Archie  Smith  '29. 

Elizabeth  Charles  Siwari  and  her  husband, 
Agu,  Saunderstown,  R.I.,  report  the  birth  of 
their  third  child  and  first  daughter,  Cath- 


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erine,  on  June  7. 

Margaret  Emory  Stackiwlc  and  her  hus- 
band. Dr.  Christopher  Stackpole,  a  graduate 
of  Williams  College,  live  at  1  wo  Colby  Ave., 
Rye,  N.Y.  "Margaret  has  been  a  credit  to  the 
University,"  writes  her  classmate,  Phyllis 
Kollmer  Santry.  "She  graduated  cum  laude, 
became  a  children's  book  editor,  and  was 
'producer'  of  Alison,  the  wonder  child,  on 
the  10th  anniversary  of  her  graduation  from 
Brown." 

/T^       William  C.  Adams,  Jr.,  has  accepted 
\J  /        a  position  with  the  New  York  Stock 
Exchange  as  director  of  business  analysis.  He 
and  his  wife,  Molly  (see  '68),  live  in  New 
Providence,  N.J. 

Riitli  Anne  Hutchinson  Lyon  and  her  hus- 
band, Christopher  S.  Lyon  (RISD  '69),  of 
Belmont,  Vt.,  have  two  children:  Matthew,  8, 
and  Sarah,  2.  Ruth  Anne  is  teaching  art  on 
the  elementary  and  secondary  level  in  the 
Ludlow  and  Mt.  Holly  school  systems, 
where  she  is  also  a  school  director.  In  addi- 
tion, she  is  fine  arts  instructor  at  the  College 
of  Saint  Joseph  the  Provider  in  Rutland. 

Daviii  E.  Speltz,  Waterbury,  Vt.,  is 
executive  director  of  Copley  Hospital.  His 
wife,  Nike,  a  1966  University  of  Pennsylvania 
graduate,  is  associate  director  of  the  Vermont 
Council  of  the  Arts.  The  couple  has  a 
3-year-old  son,  Tim. 

D.  Nij/;ji7)i  Sumner  ('72  Ph.D.)  and  his 
wife.  Nan  McCoioan  Sumner  (see  '71),  live  at 
4229  Guinea  Rd.,  Annandale,  Va.  22003. 
Their  second  child,  Drew  Vaughan,  was  born 
Nov.  11  and  Sean  is  now  14.  Nathan  is  a 
programming  and  development  consultant 
for  a  number  of  state  humanities  committees. 

£.  Clinton  Swift,  ]r..  is  a  partner  in  PCM 
Associates,  a  Philadelphia  management  con- 
sulhng  firm. 

Calvin  A.  Woodward  (Ph.D.)  reports  that 
he  has  been  elected  University  Fellow  at  the 
Institute  of  Social  and  Economic  Research  at 
Rhodes  University,  South  Africa.  Calvin  is 
assistant  professor  of  political  science  at  the 
University  of  New  Brunswick. 

/2Q       Molly  Erb  Adams  has  moved  with 
OO       husband,  Bdl  (see  '67),  and  their 
children  to  New  Providence,  N.J.  Their  mail- 
ing address  is  29  Old  Oak  Dr.,  Summit,  N.J. 
07901. 

Bruce  L.  Cleland  has  been  elected  an  as- 
sistant vice  president  of  the  Harris  Bank, 
Chicago,  where  he  is  a  member  of  the  sys- 
tems development  division  of  the  operations 
department.  His  M.B.A.  is  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago. 

Alan  L.  Grenier  is  a  partner  in  the  law 
firm  of  Andiff,  Andiff  &  Monse  in  Danvers, 
Mass.  He  and  his  wife.  Donna,  have  two 
daughters  — Jill,  2,  and  Beth,  1. 

Robert  F.  McMahon  is  a  senior  analyst 
with  Urban  Systems  Research  and  Engineer- 
ing in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Frederic  Richard  Pamyi  and  Lucia  Batchel- 
der  were  married  in  Omaha,  Nebr.,  on  June 
17  and  are  living  in  Rockport,  Mass.,  where 
Frederic  is  practicing  law. 

Peggy  Prance  is  working  in  market  re- 
search at  Richardson-Morrell  in  Wilton, 
Conn.  She  lives  in  Cos  Cob,  Conn. 

Paul  F.  Sullivan  (Ph.D.)  is  a  senior  en- 
gineer with  Polaroid  Corp.  in  Cambridge, 
Mass.,  and  is  living  in  Westwood. 


David  H.  Viall  has  received  his  M.B.A. 
degree  from  Xavier  University.  He  lives  in 
Mansfield,  Ohio. 

David  and  Mary  F.  Wiener  ('69)  report  the 
birth  of  their  first  child,  John  David,  on  June 
12.  They  live  in  Wakefield,  R.I. 

/I  Q       William  E.  Armstrong  has  been 
U  ^       promoted  to  lieutenant  com- 
mander in  the  Navy,  and  is  stationed  at 
Newport,  R.I. 

Carol  Ferst  Baer  is  director  of  volunteer 
services  at  Albert  Einstein  Medical  Center- 
Daroff  Division.  She  and  her  husband,  jay 
(see  '66),  have  two  children:  Andrew,  8,  and 
Alison,  5  Thev  live  at  640  Addison  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  19147. 

Donald  S.  Berns,  music  director  of 
WHB-FM,  Kansas  City,  has  made  some  TV 
commercials,  one  for  "Forever  Yours"  candy, 
plus  regional  commercials  for  many  areas  of 
the  country.  He  and  Tom  Momberg  '70  want  to 
get  a  Jabberwocks  reunion  together;  they  re- 
quest that  anv  interested  Jabs  alumni  contact 
them.  Donald  lives  at  2012  NE  49th  St.  #702, 
Kansas  City,  Mo.  64118. 

The  Rev.  Mark  Brennan  was  ordained  a 
priest  bv  William  Cardinal  Baum  of  Washing- 
ton, D.C.,  May  15,  1976,  and  is  now  serving 
in  Our  Lady  of  Mercy  Church,  Potomac,  Md. 

Dr.  \ane  Hough  Ferguson  and  her  hus- 
band, John,  are  living  in  Red  Hook,  N.Y.  "I 
am  currentlv  practicing  pediatrics  in  Kings- 
ton, while  John  is  teaching  biology  at  Bard 
College.  We  have  a  nine-monlh-old  son,  Hal- 
lam  Hough,  who  has  recentlv  acquired  two 
teeth." 

Dr.  Donald  B.  Fletcher,  jr.  ('72  Sc.  M.)  and 
his  wife,  loan  Mitchell  Fletcher  (see  '70),  report 
the  birth  of  their  first  child,  Nicholas  David, 
on  March  10,  1978.  After  completing  his  resi- 
dency in  radiology  at  Rush  Presbyterian-St. 
Luke's  Hospital  in  Chicago  last  June,  where 
he  was  chief  resident,  Don  is  now  practicing 
radiology  at  Newport  (R.I.)  Hospital.  The 
Fletchers  are  living  in  Portsmouth,  R.I. 

Herbert  W.  Foole  III  and  his  wife,  Joan, 
celebrated  the  birth  of  their  first  child,  Amv 
Lorraine,  on  Christmas  Day,  1977.  Herb  has 
resigned  from  the  Navy  and  is  an  airline  pilot 
for  Southern  Airways.  Their  new  address: 
2648  N.W.  47th  Ln.^  Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla. 
33313. 

Gregory  "Spike"  Gonzales  is  president  of 
the  Eastern  Professional  Tennis  Assn.  This 
past  summer  he  won  the  Eastern  Profes- 
sional Tennis  Tournament  and  was  unde- 
feated in  six  Eastern  Tennis  Association 
doubles  championships.  Spike  is  the  tennis 
director  of  Tennis  Corporation  of  America, 
overseeing  indoor  tennis  clubs  in  Chicago, 
Boston,  Rochester,  and  Evansville.  He  lives 
at  291  Rosedale  St.,  Rochester,  NY.  14620. 

Richard  A.  Higginbotham  is  vice  president 
of  Industrial  National  Bank  of  Providence 
and  works  in  its  commercial  banking  group. 

Dr.  Allen  H.  Heller  is  in  the  final  year  of 
his  residency  training  in  neurology  and  is 
chief  resident  in  neurology  at  the  Peter  Bent 
Brigham  Hospital  in  Boston.  His  wife,  Beth, 
is  a  nurse  at  St.  Elizabeth's  Hospital  in 
Brighton,  Mass.  They  live  in  West  Roxbury. 

Kathy  Eisenhardt  Kennedy  is  in  the  doc- 
toral program  at  Stanford  Business  School. 
"Have  two  children,"  she  says,  "Eric,  3,  and 
Alison,  1." 

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Cy  Hoffman: 
Finding  joy  in  th 
world  of  physics  - 
and  in  New  Mexi 


The  study  of  physics  —  which  many 
claim  is  the  key  to  our  understanding  of  the 
world  —  opened  invitingly  to  Cyrus 
Hoffman  '62  in  high  school  under  the 
influence  of  "a  fantastic  physics  teacher." 
The  atom  itself  had  been  split  only  a  few 
years  before  and  what  strange  or  "charmed" 
particles  lurked  therein  no  one  yet  knew.  "I 
read  all  the  books,"  Cy  recalls,  "and  I  wanted 
to  do  either  astrophysics  or  particle  physics.  1 
didn't  do  astrophysics,"  he  says,  "because  it 
would  have  meant  staying  up  all  night  —  so 
you  see  how  far  I've  come." 

Cy  laughed  because  he  had  just  finished 
two  weeks  on  the  graveyard  shift  —  mid- 
night to 8  a.m.  —  at  the  Clinton  P.  Anderson 
Meson  Physics  Facility  in  Los  Alamos,  New 
Mexico,  where  he  is  a  member  of  the  re- 
search staff.  Most  of  the  time  Cy  works  dur- 
ing the  day;  but  the  linear  accelerator  at  Los 
Alamos  sends  protons  skimming  down  its 
half-mile  length  twenty-four  hours  a  day,  so 
when  his  experiments  are  running  Cy  stays 
up. 

Particle  physics  is  the  study  of  how  an 
atomic  nucleus  is  composed  —  what  its  parts 
are  and  what  holds  them  together.  For  a  long 
time  scientists  thought  an  atom  represented 
the  smallest  particle  of  matter.  Then  it  was 
discovered  that  the  atom  itself  could  be  bro- 
ken into  smaller  constituents  —  neutrons, 
protons,  electrons.  Now  it  seems  even  these, 
when  bombarded  by  other  atomic  particles, 
can  be  further  split  to  reveal  new  sub-atomic 
particles.  The  properties  of  these  particles 
and  how  they  interact  with  each  other  may 
fell  scienHsts  something  about  the  most  basic 
interactions  in  nature. 

Cy  Hoffman  majored  in  physics  at 
Brown,  earned  a  Ph.D.  from  Harvard,  and 
then  moved  to  Princeton  where  he  did  post- 
doctoral research  and  teaching.  Particle 
physics  involves  experiments  with  ac- 
celerators —  machines  that  accelerate  nuclear 
particles  to  high  velocities  by  means  of  elec- 
tromagnetic fields  arranged  in  either  a  linear 
or  circular  fashion.  A  proton,  Cy  explains,  is 
pulled  along  by  electromagnetic  fields  rather 
like  a  rabbit  hopping  after  a  carrot.  Princeton 
had  an  accelerator,  so  Cy  went  to  Princeton, 
but  he  knew  he  would  spend  much  of  his 
time  at  the  Brookhaven  National  Laboratory 
in  New  York,  the  site  of  another  accelerator. 
For  two  years  Cy  spent  four  days  a  week  at 
Brookhaven  and  three  days  a  week  at  Prince- 


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Cy  Hoffman  in  New  Mexico:  "You'd  have  lo  work  hard  to  pry  me  away. " 


ton  —  "which  isn't  so  good  if  you  like  your 
family,"  he  adds.  Cy  and  his  wife  have  four 
children,  two  "homemade,"  as  he  puts  it, 
and  two  adopted.  One  day  Cy  returned 
home  to  find  his  children  playing  "house"  in 
the  basement.  When  they  came  to  assigning 
roles,  one  child  said,  "And  Daddy's  away  at 
Brookhaven."  Not  long  after  that,  Cy 
Hoffman  moved  with  his  family  to  New 
Mexico. 

For  a  boy  who  grew  up  in  New  York  City 
and  attended  college  and  university  on  the 
East  Coast,  "you  can't  get  much  less  familiar 
country  than  this,"  Cy  says.  But  Cy  has 
taken  to  the  Jemez  Mountains  like  a  pinon 


tree,  and  if  he  doesn't  exactly  sport  a  string 
tie  and  cowboy  boots,  he  has  claimed  the 
place  nonetheless.  "You'd  have  to  work  hard 
to  pr)'  me  away,"  he  says.  "I've  been  gone 
(from  the  East]  for  a  year  and  a  half  and  I've 
totally  forgotten  that  phrase,  'If  the  traffic  is 
not  too  bad.'  " 

Though  the  accelerator  at  Los  Alamos  — 
a  town  made  famous  as  the  home  of  the 
Manhattan  Project  —  is  a  national  facility  and 
two-thirds  of  the  research  performed  there  is 
by  "outside  users"  (teams  from  universities 
all  over  the  country),  Cy  works  with  a  small 
research  group  based  there.  Mostly  the  ac- 
celerator produces  sub-nuclear  particles 


called  mesons  which  are  thought  to  be  in- 
volved somehow  in  holding  the  atomic  nuc- 
leus together.  "It's  sort  of  an  anomaly  that  in 
order  to  study  the  very  smallest  particles  you 
need  enormous  machines,"  he  says.  The 
accelerator  at  Los  Alamos  charges  each  pro- 
ton with  800  million  electron  volts  of  energy, 
requiring  more  energy  in  a  day  than  the  en- 
tire community  and  laboratory  at  Los  Alamos 
—  and  this  is  merely  a  medium-sized  accel- 
erator. The  protons  smash  into  a  carbon 
target  and,  in  the  crack-up,  mesons  are 
made.  These  and  other  sub-atomic  leavings 
are  tunneled  off  into  different  experiment 
areas  for  used  in  cancer  research,  nuclear 
chemistry,  nuclear  physics,  etc.  Cy,  for  in- 
stance, has  worked  on  "rare-decay"  experi- 
ments; "Most  of  the  time  a  particle  will  decay 
one  way,  but  sometimes  it  will  decay  another 
way,  and  that  may  contain  important  infor- 
mation. 

"The  joy  of  particle  physics,"  Cy  rhap- 
sodizes, "is  that  you  get  to  do  everything. 
You  can  spend  two  months  doing  calcula- 
tions and  then  you're  a  plumber,  literally  fool- 
ing with  pipes,  and  then  you're  an  electri- 
cian, soldering  and  so  on."  Cy  figures  he 
spends  a  quarter  of  his  time  running  experi- 
ments, a  quarter  analyzing  the  results,  an- 
other quarter  building  apparatus  for  the  next 
experiment,  15  percent  thinking  about  what 
he'd  like  to  do  next  year,  and  10  percent  "try- 
ing to  educate  myself." 

Many  laymen,  brought  up  on  a  high 
school  science  diet  of  molecules  and  little 
else,  might  well  ask  if  these  new  particles  are 
indeed  real.  Or  are  they  merely  an  artifact  of 
the  process  designed  to  find  them?  "It 
doesn't  bother  you  that  you  can  look  through 
a  microscope  and  see  an  amoeba,  even 
though  you  can't  see  it  with  the  unaided 
eye,"  Cy  answers.  "Well,  this  is  just  another 
step.  The  first  indication  we  had  that  there 
were  things  around  which  couldn't  be  seen 
happened  when  someone  put  a  radioactive 
sheet  down  on  a  photographic  plate  and 
when  it  was  developed  it  was  foggy.  Some- 
thing was  going  on  there." 

Of  what  use  is  such  basic  research?  Cy  is 
accustomed  to  the  question.  "I  like  to  ask. 
How  much  is  the  periodic  table  worth?  In 
one  sense  it  isn't  worth  a  penny  because  you 
can't  eat  it .  .  .  but  if  it  wasn't  for  the  periodic 
table  you'd  understand  nothing  about 
chemistry,  so  it's  priceless.  Essentially  what 
we're  working  on  is  a  periodic  table,  not  of 
chemical  elements  but  of  atomic  particles. 

"A  guy  was  playing  around  in  a  base- 
ment at  Columbia  and  he  developed  the 
laser.  So  you  never  can  say  what  the  uses  of 
basic  research  will  be,"  Cy  Hoffman  adds. 
"You  don't  understand  the  world  unless  you 
understand  this  stuff,  and  people  want  to 
understand  the  world."  D.S. 


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Winfield  Major  is  serving  as  elections 
counsel  to  the  U.S.  Senate  Committee  on 
Rules  and  Administration.  He  lives  at  213  6th 
St.  NE,  Washington  D.C.  20002. 

Catherine  Gregg  McDuffie  and  her  hus- 
band report  the  birth  of  their  first  child,  Mal- 
colm McGregor,  on  Jan.  11,  1978.  Catherine 
writes:  "1  am  happy  being  out  of  'the  world 
of  work'  and  taking  care  of  Malcolm." 

Stefjhen  H.  Messier  is  communications  di- 
rector for  The  American  Woman's  Economic 
Development  Corp.  (AWED)  in  Rockefeller 
Center,  New  York  City. 

George  W.  Muller  is  working  for  the  Na- 
tional Science  Foundation  in  Washington, 
DC.  He  is  the  father  of  a  son,  Charles 
Thomas,  born  April  5,  1977. 

Harry  S.  Pozycki  and  his  wife,  Caroline, 
recently  concluded  a  successful  effort  as 
county  coordinators  in  Bill  Bradley's  race  for 
the  U.S.  Senate  in  New  Jersey.  During  the 
campaign,  Harry  was  elected  municipal 
chairman  of  the  Democratic  Party  in 
Metuchen,  N.J.  They  live  at  72  Hillside  Ave., 
Metuchen  08840. 

Tlumias  H.  Roger  has  just  accepted  a  new 
job  as  executive  assistant  to  the  managing  di- 
rector at  Massachusetts  Municipal  Wholesale 
Electric  Corp.  in  Ludlow,  Mass.  He  and  his 
wife,  "Punky,"  and  their  children,  Jim,  2, 
and  Jean,  1,  are  in  the  process  of  relocating 
from  San  Diego  to  Longmeadow,  Mass. 

Rolwrl  lay  Rcthstein  continues  to  enjov 
life  in  Brussels  —  "the  capital  of  Europe."  He 
also  writes  that  the  company  he  heads.  In- 
teractive Systems,  Inc.,  recently  opened  a 
U.S.  affiliate  in  Philadelphia  called  American 
Interactive.  He  reports  plans  for  subsidiaries 
in  other  European  countries  in  the  coming 
years. 

Nash  Whitney  Schott  is  assistant  U.S.  at- 
torney for  the  eastern  district  of  Virginia. 

Aiulrew  Tonks  will  finish  his  master's  in 
public  and  private  management  this  May  at 
Yale  School  of  Organization  and  Manage- 
ment, where  his  wife,  Patricia  Hart  Tanks  '75, 
is  assistant  director  of  placement  and  student 
services. 

Mary  F.  Wiener  and  her  husband,  Daviii 
'68,  are  parents  of  their  first  child,  John 
David,  June  12.  They  live  in  Wakefield,  R.l. 

^7/^       Kalhii  Finn  Bloonigarden  and  her 
/   \J       husband,  Zachary,  report  the  birth 
of  their  third  child,  Matthew  Erik,  on  Sept. 
15.  Their  other  children  are  Rachel,  6,  and 
Keith,  4.  Zacharv  is  doing  an  endocrinology 
fellowship  at  Vanderbilt  Universitv'  in 
Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  Kathy  is  working  on 
her  thesis  for  a  Ph.D.  in  political  science  from 
Columbia  Un^V'ersity. 

Cliristof'her  Bull  and  Kathryn  Suter  were 
married  June  17  at  the  bride's  cottage  on  Lake 
Ontario,  near  Rochester,  NY.  The  couple  is 
living  in  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  where  Chris  is  a 
research  biochemist  and  a  postdoctoral  as- 
sociate at  the  University  of  Michigan. 

Eiiward  Caha  received  his  J.D.  degree 
from  Notre  Dame  Law  School  in  May  and  is  a 
manager,  management  systems,  in  the  ad- 
ministration department  of  Miles  Labora- 
tories in  Elkhart,  Ind. 

Jonah  R.  Churgm  (Ph.D.)  is  an  assistant 
professor  of  political  science  at  Sacred  Heart 
University,  Bridgeport,  Conn. 

Joan  Mitchell  Fletcher  and  her  husband. 
Dr.  Donald  B.  Fletcher,  jr.  (see  '69),  report  the 


birth  of  their  first  child,  Nicholas  David,  on 
March  10,  1978.  The  Fletchers  are  living  in 
Portsmouth,  R.l. 

Dr.  James  Griffin  ('72  M.M.S.)  graduated 
from  Harvard  Medical  School  in  1974  and 
completed  his  training  in  internal  medicine  at 
Johns  Hopkins  Hospital.  He's  a  research  fel- 
low at  Sidney  Farber  Cancer  Institute  in 
Boston. 

William  E.  Hunt  is  manager  of  employee 
relations  for  machinery  apparatus  operations 
of  the  General  Electric  Co.  in  Schenectady, 
N.Y. 

Krista  Manners  Lantrys  is  living  at  Indian 
Springs  School,  Birmingham,  Ala.,  where 
her  husband,  Mike,  teaches  math.  She  works 
at  one  of  Birmingham's  largest  printing  com- 
panies. She  writes,  "I'm  often  at  the  skating 
rink  (ice  in  Birmingham,  Ala.!)  getting  ready 
for  the  USFSA  fourth  figure  test  and  pre- 
silver  ice  dance  test.  Am  also  doing  wood- 
block printing  and  drawing  in  the  evenings. 
After  working  for  several  years  with  the 
Birmingham  Creative  Dance  Co.,  I've  retired 
from  performing,  for  the  present  at  any  rate. 
However,  I  will  soon  be  teaching  dance  to 
some  of  the  local  figure  skaters  and  hope  to 
attempt  some  choreography  as  well." 

Frederick  /.  Tansill  and  his  wife,  Joan,  re- 
port the  birth  of  their  first  child,  Brendan 
Frederick,  on  July  18.  Fred,  a  tax  attorney,  is 
a  partner  in  the  Washington,  DC,  firm  of 
Bird  and  Tansill. 

^"t        Charles  Babcock  and  his  uife,  Janet 
/   JL       Laughlin  Babcock  (see  '74),  live  in 
Dallas,  Texas,  where  thev  are  both  practicing 
law.  Chip  is  with  the  firm  of  Jackson,  Walker, 
Winstead,  Cantwell  &  Miller.  He  is  in  the 
litigation  department  and  concentrates  on 
media  law. 

Rebecca  (Becky)  Barnes  reports  that  since 
graduation  she  has  lived  in  Providence,  Bos- 
ton, and  Eugene,  Oreg.,  and  thai  she  re- 
ceived her  master's  in  architecture  from  the 
University  of  Oregon  in  1976.  Becky  has 
worked  in  Providence  at  the  Mayor's  Office 
of  Community  Development  as  an  architec- 
tural designer  and  planner.  She  is  now  living 
in  Seattle,  where  she  has  decided  to  settle 
and  pursue  her  architectural  career. 

Charlotte  Downey,  a  researcher  in  the  de- 
partment of  English  at  Brown,  is  selecting, 
editing,  and  writing  introductions  for  a  series 
of  early  grammars  to  be  titled  American  Lin- 
guistics 1700-1900.  Two  of  these  works  were 
written  by  Brown  graduates,  Oliver  Angell 
1807  and  Samuel  S.  Green  1837. 

Howard  L.  Feldman  and  his  wife,  Rhonda, 
report  the  birth  of  Lauren  Gayle  on  Sept.  27 
The  family  lives  in  West  Warwick,  R.l. 

Dr.  Carol  Graham  graduated  from  the 
University  of  Pittsburgh  School  of  Medicine 
in  1975  and  then  completed  an  internship  at 
Presbyterian-University  Hospital  and  a  year 
of  residency  in  obstetrics  and  gynecology  at 
Magee-Women's  Hospital.  She  has  recently 
completed  a  year  of  full-time  work  as  an 
emergency-room  physician.  Carol  and  Dr. 
Frank  Altman  were  married  in  April  1977  and 
have  twin  girls  born  Sept.  20,  1978,  named 
Joan  and  Janet.  Prior  to  their  anticipated 
move  to  Gainesville,  Fla.,  next  July,  she 
would  like  to  hear  from  classmates  at  396 
Midway  Rd.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  15216. 

Gary  Granoff  (Sc.M.),  a  member  of  the 
actuarial  staff  at  the  Hartford  Insurance 


Group  for  the  past  three  years,  has  been 
named  a  Florida  Department  of  Insurance 
actuary. 

Wendell  Halm  is  an  oceanographer  doing 
ecosystem  modeling  on  the  Georges  Bank  for 
the  National  Marine  Fisheries  Service  in 
Woods  Hole,  Mass. 

Curfis  H.  lacobsen  graduated  magna  cum 
laude  from  Brooklyn  Law  School,  where  he 
was  a  senior  editor  for  the  Brooklyn  Law  Re- 
vieio.  He  is  now  an  associate  with  the  New 
York  law  firm  of  Rogers  &  Wells. 

Satyra  King  has  completed  four  years  of 
teaching  in  the  Boston  public  schools  and  has 
obtained  a  C.A.G.S.  degree  from  Boston 
University  in  educational  media  and 
technology.  She  is  now  in  California  doing 
doctoral  work  in  curriculum  and  teacher  ed- 
ucation at  Stanford  University. 

Leila  Novak  Lasser  reports  that  she  and 
her  husband,  Jim,  live  in  Irvington,  N.Y., 
with  their  two  sons,  Jonathan  Thomas,  3, 
and  Joshua  Milton,  1.  Jim  is  with  Lombard 
Wall  Management  Corp.  in  New  York  City. 

Penny  j.  Lukin  is  assistant  professor  of 
psychology  at  Georgia  Southwestern  Col- 
lege, Americus,  Ga. 

Ronald  C.  Markoff  has  a  private  law  prac- 
tice with  offices  located  at  70  South  Main  St., 
Providence. 

A.  Mark  Pope  is  practicing  law  in  San 
Diego  and  "living  a  life  of  quiet  despera- 
tion." 

Dr.  William  James  Robbins  is  a  member  of 
the  medical-dental  staff  at  Geneva  General 
Hospital,  Geneva,  N.Y. 

Armen  Shahinian  is  an  attorney  with  the 
West  Orange  (N.J.)  law  firm  of  Kimmelman, 
Wolff  &  Samson. 

Kit  Fagen  Stinson's  first  book,  on  growth 
disorders  in  childhood,  will  be  published  this 
spring.  Her  second  book,  on  predictors  of 
managerial  success,  will  be  published  in  the 
fall  of  1979.  Kit's  address  is  One  Fifth 
Avenue,  New  York,  NY.  10003. 

Dr.  Eugene  Su  has  finished  an  internal 
medicine  residency  at  the  University  of 
Rochester  Associated  Hospitals  and  has 
begun  a  two-year  fellowship  in  rheumatol- 
ogy at  Roger  Williams  General  Hospital, 
Providence.  He  is  married  ioChristin  Carter 
Su  (see  '72). 

Nan  McCotmn  Sumner  (A.M.)  and  D. 
Nathan  Sumner  (see  '67)  report  the  birth  of 
Drew  Vaughan  on  Nov.  11.  Their  first  son, 
Sean,  is  14.  Nan  has  resumed  doctoral  work 
in  American  Civilization  at  Brown.  The  fam- 
ily lives  in  Annandale,  Va. 

^^       Paul  S.  Alpert  and  Elaine  Schnitt 
/  ^m       (see  '73)  were  married  several  years 
ago  and  are  living  at  7  East  14th  St.,  New 
York  City  10003.  Paul  is  an  associate  with  the 
Madison  Avenue  law  firm  of  Leon,  Weill  & 
Mahony. 

Thomas  Collura  is  a  member  of  the 
technical  staff  at  Bell  Laboratories  in  Allen- 
town,  Pa. 

Charles  Stiffler  Craig  graduated  in  August 
from  the  University  of  Michigan  Law  School. 
"1  decided  not  to  practice  law,"  he  says.  "In- 
stead, 1  am  currently  with  the  corporate 
finance  department  of  Blyth  Eastman  Dillon 
&  Co.,  New  York  City." 

Barbara  Dickinson  (M.A.T.)  and  Glenn  W. 
Meyers  were  married  July  7  in  Stratford, 
Conn.,  and  are  li\'ing  in  Fairfield.  She  teaches 


48 


English  at  Stratford's  Flood  Junior  High. 

Robert  Elfering,  jr.,  is  an  acoustical  en- 
gineer for  the  United  States  Gypsum  Acous- 
tical Research  Center,  Round  Lake,  111.  He 
and  Coreen  McFadden  were  married  Nov. 
18,  1976,  while  Robert  was  in  Swaziland, 
Southern  Africa,  where  he  served  in  the 
Peace  Corps. 

Robert  T.  Forbes  and  his  wife,  Beth,  report 
the  birth  of  a  son,  Micah  Jamin,  on  Aug.  18. 
Bob  is  working  as  an  environmental  engineer 
with  the  Hawaii  State  Department  of  Health. 
They  live  at  45-2438  Kokokahi  PL,  Kaneohe, 
Hawaii  96744. 

loliii  A.  Gable  (Ph.D.)  has  published  a 
book  entitled  T!ie  Bull  Moose  Years:  Vwodore 
Roosei'elt  and  the  Progresswe  Parti/  (Kennikat 
Press).  John  is  the  executive  director  of  the 
Theodore  Roosevelt  Association  in  Oyster 
Bay,  N.Y.,  and  is  also  an  adjunct  associate 
professor  of  American  history  at  the  C.  W. 
Post  campus  of  Long  Island  University. 

Richard  A.  Johnson  was  named  the  1978 
recipient  of  the  Swedish  government's  Bicen- 
tennial Fund  Prize  in  Economics,  Law  and 
Public  Policy  and  spent  two  months  in 
Stockholm  working  on  international  compe- 
tition policy.  Rick  is  an  attorney  with  Arnold 
&  Porter,  Washington,  D.C.,  which  he  joined 
after  graduating  from  the  Yale  Law  School 
and  serving  a  clerkship  with  Judge  Eugene 
Wright  on  the  U.S.  Court  of  Appeals. 

Alexander  Morris  is  director  of  social  serv- 
ices for  the  Human  and  Correctional  Services 
Institute  in  Chicago.  He  is  also  doing  work 
for  the  Public  Aid  Department  of  Illinois 
as  a  clerk. 

Eric  Nadel  is  director  of  station  relations 
and  part-time  play-by-play  announcer  for 
the  Texas  Rangers  baseball  network.  In  addi- 
tion, the  former  "Voice"  of  WBRU  broadcasts 
a  daily  sports  commentary  over  radio  station 
WBAP  in  Dallas-Fort  Worth  and  does  the 
play-by-play  for  the  Fort  Worth  Texans  Hoc- 
key Club  of  the  Central  Hockey  League. 

Craig  B.  Phinney  is  a  salesman  for 
Salomon/North  America,  which  sells  ski 
bindings.  His  territory  includes  New  York 
state,  excluding  New  York  City,  and  western 
Massachusetts.  He  lives  in  Skaneateles,  N.Y. 

Peter  S.  Reichertz  is  an  associate  with  the 
law  firm  of  McMurray  and  Pendergast  in 
Washington,  D.C. 

Christiu  Carter  Sii  received  her  Ph.D.  in 
biophysics  at  the  University  of  Rochester  and 
is  now  a  postdoctoral  fellow  in  the  division  of 
biology  and  medicine's  physiological  chemis- 
try section  at  Brown.  She  is  the  recipient  of  a 
Juvenile  Diabetes  Foundation  fellowship. 
She  is  married  to  Dr.  Eugene  Sii  (see  '71). 

Richard  C.  Waters  received  his  Ph.D.  in 
computer  science  from  MIT  in  September 
and  is  a  research  associate  at  MIT  this  year. 

^O  Philip  B.  Barr,  jr.,  a  graduate  of  the 
/  J  Vanderbilt  University  School  of 
Law  and  the  graduate  tax  program  of  the 
University  of  Florida  Law  School,  is  an  attor- 
ney for  the  United  States  Tax  Court  in  Wash- 
ington, D.C.  He  was  married  Sept.  9  to  Bar- 
bara L.  Murray  in  North  Attleboro.  They  are 
li\ing  in  Arlington,  Va. 

Linda  Baainnnn  and  her  husband,  Robert 
Faron,  are  living  at  4709  Morgan  Dr.,  Chevy 
Chase,  Md.  20015.  Linda  is  working  in  the 
Office  of  the  Legal  Adviser  at  the  State  De- 
partment. 


Mary  M.  Bennett  has  been  working  since 
April  for  a  small  contractor  in  Newton, 
Mass.,  as  a  carpenter's  helper,  learning  the 
technicalities  of  the  construction  business 
"from  the  ground  up  —  ditch  digging  to  roof 
repair." 

James  /.  Burke  has  been  awarded  first- 
year  honors  at  Harvard  Business  School.  He 
is  now  in  his  final  year  of  Harvard's  M.B.A. 
program. 

Stei'en  M.  Carter  is  a  marketing  repre- 
sentative for  Data  Resources  in  Lexington, 
Mass. 

Tlwmas  E.  Cecil  (Ph.D.)  is  an  assistant 
professor  of  mathematics  at  Holy  Cross  Col- 
lege, Worcester,  Mass. 

Robert  Doggett  is  an  English  teacher  at 
Lakeside  School,  Seattle,  Wash. 

Peter  ].  Durfee  and  his  wife,  Sheila,  have 
purchased  a  house  in  Sharon,  Mass.,  at  619 
South  Main  St.  02067. 

Merilee  Sernll  Crindle  (A.M.)  and  Stei'en 
H.  Grindle  (see  '64)  report  the  birth  of  their 
first  child,  Alexandra  Hale,  on  Aug.  24.  They 
have  moved  to  38  Chestnut  St.,  Wellesley, 
Mass.  02181. 

William  D.  Grossman  has  been  appointed 
counsel  to  Commissioner  David  G.  Gartner 
of  the  Commodity  Futures  Trading  Com- 
mission, Washington,  D.C. 

Barbara  G.  Guth  received  her  master's  in 
economics  in  May  from  George  Washington 
University.  She  continues  to  work  on  East- 
West  trade  at  the  U.S.  International  Trade 
Commission,  Washington,  D.C,  as  she  has 
for  the  last  four  years. 

Scott  Blake  Harris  and  Barbara  Straughn 
Harris  were  married  Aug.  5.  The  groomsmen 
included  Curds  Blessing,  Steve  Rattner  '74,  and 
Barbara's  brother,  G.  Sellers  Harris  '81.  Scott's 
sister,  Nancy  Harris  '77,  was  a  bridesmaid. 
Scott  continues  to  be  associated  with  the  law 
firm  of  Williams  &  Connolly  in  Washington, 
DC. 

Dr.  Arthur  L.  Horwich,  a  pediatrician,  is  a 
postdoctoral  fellow  at  Salk  Institute  in  San 
Diego. 

Dr.  Robert  C.  Hunter  received  his  M.D. 
degree  from  Case  Western  Reserve  Univer- 
sity in  1977  and  is  a  junior  assistant  medical 
resident  in  the  department  of  internal 
medicine  at  Cleveland  Metropolitan  General 
Hospital. 

Stei'en  G.  Judd  is  a  software  specialist 
with  the  Digital  Equipment  Corp.  in  Meri- 
den.  Conn.  His  wife  is  Nora  Beck  judd  (see 
'75). 

Unda  Pregler  Kennedy  received  an  M.S.  in 
computer  science  from  George  Washington 
University  and  is  a  programmer/analyst  for 
Computer  Sciences  Corp.  at  the  Goddard 
Space  Flight  Center,  Beltsville,  Md. 

AnnMarw  Harkins  Plunkett  is  living  in 
Charlottesville,  Va.,  with  her  husband, 
Mike,  and  sons  Steve  and  David.  She  teaches 
social  studies  and  English  at  nearby  Madison 
County  High  School. 

Mark  C.  Rovzar  is  the  vice  president  of 
the  Gilmore-Kramer  Co.,  Providence,  man- 
ufacturer and  distributor  of  material  han- 
dling equipment.  He  and  his  wife,  Judith, 
live  in  Providence. 

John  W.  Rudmcki  ('74  A.M.,  77  Ph.D.) 
has  been  appointed  an  assistant  professor  of 
theoretical  and  applied  mechanics  at  the 
University  of  Illinois  at  Champaign-Urbana. 

Elaine  Schnitl  and  Paul  S.  ,Alpert  (see  '72) 


were  married  several  years  ago  and  are  living 
in  New  York  City.  Lanie,  who  retains  her 
maiden  name,  is  working  in  the  city. 

Mary  B.  "Polly"  Wall,  a  1978  graduate  of 
Harvard  Business  School,  is  a  grain  mer- 
chandiser at  Continental  Grain  Co.,  Savan- 
nah, Ga. 

Mary  C.  Wilbur  is  teaching  music  in  the 
grades  from  kindergarten  through  the  sixth 
in  the  Torrington  (Conn.)  public  school 
system. 

^7 /\  Howard  L.  Apothaker  writes  that 
/  ^t  there  is  an  attempt  to  form  a  Brown 
Club  in  Israel  for  alumni  living  in  or  visiting 
the  country.  If  you  are  interested,  contact  the 
Office  of  Alumni  Relations,  Box  1859,  Brown 
University,  Providence  02912. 

lanet  Laughtin  Bahcock  and  Chip  Bahcock 
(see  '71)  live  in  Dallas,  Texas,  where  they  are 
both  practicing  law.  Janet  is  an  associate  with 
Allen,  Knuths,  Cassel  &  Short,  specializing 
in  estate  planning  and  probate. 

Barbara  Ann  Baron  has  earned  her 
C.A.G.S.  in  school  psychology  at  Boston 
College  and  is  school  psychologist,  kinder- 
garten-ninth grade,  in  the  Pawtucket  (R.I.) 
School  System. 

Jeanne  T.  Black  writes:  "Despite  our  bad 
press  and  'outstanding'  public  officials,  1  am 
really  enjoying  Cleveland!  1  have  joined  the 
Cleveland  Orchestra  Chorus,  which  recently 
performed  at  Carnegie  Hall.  I've  also  moved 
to  an  elegant  old  apartment  in  Shaker  Square 
and  am  enjoying  my  job  coordinating  a  major 
renovation  and  construction  program  at  St. 
John  Hospital." 

Gary  I .  Caine,  an  actuary,  is  with  the  San 
Francisco  firm  of  Towers,  Perrin,  Forster  & 
Crosby. 

Dan  M.  Campbell  has  two  roles  in  his  new 
position  as  a  part-time  psychologist  in  the 
Cleveland  County  (N.C.)'Mental  Health 
Center  and  as  a  part-time  school  psycholo- 
gist in  a  local  school  district.  "Public  speak- 
ing is  taking  up  much  of  my  free  time,"  says 
the  resident  of  Shelby,  N.C. 

Dr.  Frank  D.  Caporusso  is  an  intern  at 
Thomas  Jefferson  University  Hospital, 
Philadelphia. 

Philip  C.  Caron  is  a  graduate  student  in 
pathology  at  Columbia. 

Rethel  Childress  and  Eddie  L.  Chappelle 
were  married  in  July  1977  and  are  living  in 
Downington,  Pa.  She  is  head  teacher  at  Dr. 
Bertrum  Rittenberg's  Center  for  Autistic 
Children. 

Pamela  Constable  is  now  living  in  An- 
napolis, Md.,  where  she  is  a  feature  writer 
covering  Anne  Arundel  County  for  the  Bal- 
timore Sun. 

Carey  Corbalcy  is  in  his  third  \ear  at  Har- 
vard Law  School,  with  plans  to  enter  private 
practice  in  San  Francisco  in  June. 

Mary  F.  Counilian  graduated  from 
Villanova  University  School  of  Law  and  is 
serving  as  law  clerk  to  Judge  Josifh  R.  Weis- 
berger  '42,  associate  justice  of  the  Rhode  Is- 
land Supreme  Court. 

Dr.  Akim  F.  Czmus  is  a  resident  in 
ophthalmology  in  the  Downstate  Medical 
Center,  State  University  of  New  York, 
Brooklyn. 

Saiiiiiel  j.  Docknn'icli,  North  Haven, 
Conn.,  has  been  promoted  to  general  man- 
ager at  New  England  Cycle  Sales,  a  large 
motorcycle,  moped,  and  scooter  dealership. 


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Bill  Drinkwater  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
Winter  were  married  July  1.  Scott  Cooper  was 
best  man.  Bill  is  an  actuarial  analyst  with 
Home  Life  Insurance  Co.,  New  York  City. 

Bradley  B.  Falkof  graduated  from  North- 
western University  Law  School  and  is  a  trial 
attorney  with  the  Chicago  law  firm  of  Phelan 
and  Pope.  He  and  Janet  Koran,  an  attorney 
also  practiang  in  Chicago,  are  married  and 
living  at  526  Sheridan  Rd.,  Evanston,  111. 
60202. 

Anne  Hoff  Ford  is  a  pediatric  nurse  prac- 
titioner at  Kaiser  Medical  Center,  Richmond, 
Calif. 

Dr.  Larry  Colbe  received  his  M.D.  from 
New  York  University  School  of  Medicine  last 
year  and  is  an  intern  in  internal  medicine  at 
Hahnemann  Hospital  in  Philadelphia.  He 
and  his  wife,  Devra  Lifshitz  Golbe  (see  '75), 
live  at  1520  Spruce  St.,  Apt  608,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.  19102. 

CeneL.  Gussis  received  his  Ph.D.  in 
chemical  engineering  from  Stanford  and  will 
be  spending  this  year  as  a  NATO  postdoc- 
toral fellow  in  the  department  of  applied 
mathematics  and  theoretical  physics  at  the 
University  of  Cambridge,  England. 

Art  Italo  is  with  Good  Humor  Corp.,  a 
subsidiary'  of  Thomas  J.  Lipton,  Inc.,  as  New 
York  and  Long  Island  sales  manager  in 
charge  of  supermarket  sales.  He's  pursuing 
an  M.B.A.  at  Pace  University  in  the  eve- 
nings. Art  lives  at  155  Willow  St.,  Floral  Park, 
NY.  11001. 

Michael  F.  Kennedy,  who  received  an 
M.S.  in  computer  science  from  George 
Washington  University,  is  a  senior  member 
of  the  technical  staff  in  the  electronic  warfare 
group  of  the  Amecom  Division  of  Litton  Sys- 
tems, College  Park,  Md. 

Gary  D.  Lawrence  is  working  for  the 
Morgan  Guaranty  Trust  Co.  as  an  assistant 
treasurer  in  the  international  division.  He 
spent  six  months  in  the  Singapore  branch 
(January  to  June  1978)  and  is  now  in  New 
York  working  in  the  southeast  Asian  opera- 
hons. 

Elleti  lay  Leu'if  and  William  Henr)'  Kraus 
of  Cincinnati  were  married  last  June.  She  and 
her  husband  are  both  fourth-year  rabbinic 
students  at  Hebrew  Union  College  in 
Cincinnati  and  will  be  ordained  in  1980. 

Pamela  T.  Lockwood  is  working  in  New 
York  City  for  The  Eggers  Group,  an  architec- 
tural firm.  "Am  doing  marketing,  product 
research,  and  library  reorganizahon,"  she 
vmtes,  adding  that  "the  work  is  great!" 

Everett  R.  Letter  is  a  speech  and  language 
pathologist  at  North  Shore  Universit)'  Hospi- 
tal in  Manhasset,  N.Y.  "I  am  continuing  in 
the  Ph.D.  program  in  speech  and  hearing  at 
the  Graduate  School  of  City  University  of 
New  York,"  he  writes. 

Jeffrey  Lester  is  associated  with  the  Jersey 
City  (N.J.)  law  firm  of  Milton,  Keane  & 
Brady. 

Priscilla  Mullen  McEnroe,  Evanston,  111., 
is  an  attorney  with  the  Chicago  firm  of  Son- 
nenschein,  Carlin,  Nath  and  Rosenthal.  Her 
husband,  John,  is  also  an  attorney. 

Peter  H.  D.  McKee  graduated  from  the 
University  of  California  at  Davis  Law  School 
and  is  with  the  Port  Angeles,  Wash.,  office  of 
Evergreen  Legal  Services,  a  state-wide  legal 
services  group  in  Washington.  His  address: 
2917V2  South  Peabody,  Port  Angeles  98362. 
Ronald  Medvin  (M.A.T.)  married  Wendy 


Parker,  a  student  at  Harvard  Medical  School, 
on  July  2.  Ron  is  an  English  teacher  at 
Needham  (Mass.)  High  School. 

Richard  Pass,  Riverside,  R.I.,  was  grad- 
uated from  Villanova  Law  School  last  May 
and  is  engaged  in  general  practice  in  the 
Providence  area. 

Stefihen  Perkins  has  received  his  M.S.  in 
atmospheric  sciences  from  Yale  and  is  an  air 
quality'  specialist  with  the  consulHng  firm, 
Deleuw  Gather  &  Co.,  New  Haven.  He's 
working  on  the  Amtrak  Northeast  Corridor 
Improvement  Project  to  improve  passenger 
rail  service  between  Boston  and  Washington. 

Dr.  Peter  V.  Pickens  and  Estce  Robinski 
(see  '76)  were  married  in  Oceanside,  L.l.  At- 
tendants at  the  wedding  were  Kathy  Mannes 
'76  and  Madelene  Fleischer  '76.  Pete's  brother, 
Joseph  Pickens  ('77  Ph.D.),  was  an  usher.  Pete 
graduated  in  June  with  an  M.D.  from  the 
Mount  Sinai  School  of  Medicine  and  has 
started  his  residency  program  in  internal 
medicine  at  Northwestern  Memorial  Hospi- 
tal in  Chicago. 

Richard  /.  Roll  left  Citibank  in  July  to  join 
Today's  Communications,  Inc.  as  vice  presi- 
dent and  publisher  of  three  consumer  maga- 
zines in  New  York  City:  Women's  Digest,  Food 
Digest,  and  Sound  Trax. 

Eric  S.  Rosencrans  reports  that  he  and  his 
v\'ife,  Aileen,  are  parents  of  their  second 
child,  Matthew  Scott,  born  July  18.   "I  am 
working  with  IBM  in  Austin,  Texas,  as  a 
senior  associate  engineer,"  he  writes. 

Ellen  Saxe  and  Dr.  Jerry  Saliman  were 
married  in  June  1977.  Ellen  received  master's 
degrees  in  social  work  and  in  Jewish  com- 
munal service  from  the  University  of  South- 
ern California  and  Hebrew  Union  College, 
respectively,  in  June.  She  is  working  for  the 
Jewish  Communal  Council  of  Greater  Los 
Angeles  as  assistant  director  of  the  Southern 
Area  Council.  The  couple  lives  at  9804  Re- 
gent St.  #5,  Los  Angeles,  Calif.  90034. 

Scott  Sherman  is  in  his  third  year  at  the 
Harvard  Law  School. 

Emily  Lanning  Taliaferro  is  working  for 
the  Greater  Baltimore  Committee  on  urban 
affairs.  "Bought  and  renovated  an  1892 
inner-city  home  and  moved  in  last  fall,"  she 
writes. 

Mary  H.  Vwmsen  ran  in  her  first 
marathon  last  fall  in  Sacramento,  Calif.  "I  am 
finishing  a  thesis  on  Ovid  at  Berkeley,  and  1 
expect  to  receive  my  Ph.D.  in  classics  this 
June,"  she  writes. 

Cynthia  Young  is  completing  work  on  her 
Ph.D.  in  psychology  at  the  University  of  Il- 
linois. "Then  off  to  parts  unknown  for  a 
one-year  internship." 

Peter  Allen  Wald  finished  working  as  a 
law  clerk  to  Chief  Judge  James  R.  Browning 
(U.S.  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Ninth  Circuit) 
last  August,  took  a  "ten-week  traveling 
hiatus,"  and  is  now  with  the  San  Francisco 
law  firm  of  Heller,  Ehrman,  White  & 
McAuliffe. 

Thomas  H.  Welch  has  been  named  an  as- 
sociate of  the  Society  of  Actuaries.  He  and 
his  u-ife,  Joan,  live  at  14047  90th  Place  NE, 
BotheU,  Wash.  98011. 

Alan  Wai'saniker  is  associated  with  the 
Newark  law  firm  of  Lowenstein,  Sandler, 
Brochin,  Kohl  &  Fisher. 


^7C       ^'".V  '^hnon  has  completed  his  sec- 
/  \J       ond  full  season  in  the  National 
League  with  the  San  Diego  Padres  baseball 
club.  He  mav  be  reached  at  9  Aurora  Rd., 
East  Greenwich,  R.l.  02818. 

Paul  H.  Batty  is  a  member  of  the  person- 
nel department  of  the  New  York  City  Urban 
Corp. 

Dante  H.  Balestracci  married  Judith 
Lemieux  on  Nov.  3.  Peter  Chekn'ich  was  best 
man.  David  Duhaime  '73,  Bradford  Buxton,  and 
Barry  Behn  '76  were  ushers.  The  couple  lives 
at  13  Wilson  St.  in  South  Dartmouth,  Mass. 
02748.  Dante  is  general  manager  of  the  West 
End  Laundry  &  Cleaners,  Inc. 

jerry  Bronian  is  attending  Tufts  Univer- 
sity Dental  School. 

Sharon  Hass  Chernick,  a  graduate  of 
Hofstra  University  Law  School,  is  with  the 
Manhattan  firm  of  Singer,  Hutner,  Levine 
and  Seeman. 

Joseph  Deltito  is  in  his  final  year  in  the 
Brown  medical  program,  after  which  he  will 
be  entering  a  residency  program  in  psychi- 
atry' at  Massachusetts  General  Hospital  in 
Boston. 

Dr.  Harold  R.  Giver  ('78  M.D.)  writes: 
"I'm  alive  and  well,  if  not  a  little  overtired  — 
working  as  an  intern  in  internal  medicine  at 
Temple  University  Hospital  in  Philadelphia." 
His  address:  Apt.  31 1  A,  Elkins  Park  House, 
ElkinsPark,  Pa.,  19117. 

Dei^ra  Lifschit:  Golbe  is  working  on  her 
thesis  for  a  Ph.D.  in  economics  at  the  New 
York  University  Graduate  School  of  Business 
Administration.  She  and  her  husband,  Larry 
(see  '74),  live  at  1520  Spruce  St.,  Apt.  608, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.  19102. 

Andrew  D.  Green  is  attending  Harvard 
Business  School. 

Ellen  Lee  Gurney  is  in  her  final  year  at 
New  York  University  School  of  Medicine  and 
will  be  pursuing  a  career  in  pediatrics  upon 
graduation. 

Alex  Hutchinson  is  in  his  second  year  of 
the  two-year  Sloan  Program  in  Hospital  and 
Health  Services  Administration  at  the  Grad- 
uate School  of  Business  and  Public  Adminis- 
tration at  Cornell.  He  will  be  receiving  his 
M.B.A.  in  May. 

Nora  Beck  judd  is  a  systems  analyst  with 
the  Connecticut  General  Life  Insurance  Co., 
Bloomfield,  Conn.  Her  husband  is  Stmen 
G.  Judd  (see  '73). 

Margaret  M.  Kelly  ('77  Sc.M.)  is  a  chemist 
with  the  Environmental  Protection  Agency's 
Mobile  Source  Enforcement  Division  in 
Washington,  D.C. 

Ward  ].  Mazzucco  has  opened  a  law  prac- 
tice in  Danbury,  Conn.,  after  graduating  cum 
laude  from  Cornell  Law  School.  His  address: 
37  Wooster  St.,  P.O.  Box  89,  Danbury  06810. 

Gai7  £.  McCann  graduated  in  May  from 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  Law  School 
and  has  returned  to  Providence,  where  she  is 
associated  with  the  law  firm  of  Edwards  and 
Angell. 

Ann  Merritl  married  Richard  Fox  in  Au- 
gust. The  best  man  was  Alan  Fox  '69,  brother 
of  the  groom.  Among  the  ushers  were  Scott 
Merritt  '79,  brother  of  the  bride,  and  Marshall 
Gould  '70,  brother-in-law  of  the  groom. 
Among  the  guests  were  Sylvia  Turner  '74, 
Doug  Buyer  '74,  and  David  Golub.  Ann  and 
Dick  are  living  at  7  Scott  Ln.,  Northborough, 
Mass.  01532.  Ann  is  in  her  final  year  at  the 
University  of  Massachusetts  Medical  School. 


50 


She  retains  her  maiden  name. 

Richard  D.  Morforci  and'Christy  Ann 
Schmidt  were  married  in  Aug.  5  in  Allen- 
hurst,  N.J.  Robert  Rubcor  was  an  usher.  Dick 
is  teaching  chemistry  at  Bernards  High 
School  and  Christy  teaches  third  grade  in 
Bernardsville  Elementary  School.  They  live 
at  38  Maple  St.,  Bernardsville,  N.J.  07924. 

Helayne  Oberman  received  her  master's  in 
philosophy  from  the  University  of  Michigan 
in  June  and  entered  Harvard  Law  School  in 
September. 

Marian  Owens,  Bedford,  Mass.,  is  work- 
ing as  a  software  engineer  at  SofTech,  Inc., 
Waltham,  Mass. 

George  Powers  and  Yumi  Nagata  were 
married  Aug.  27  in  San  Francisco.  Bob  Condon 
'74  was  an  usher.  Others  in  attendance  in- 
cluded Steve  Onisko  '74,  Steve  Zieff  '74,  Bruce 
Osterweil,  Geoff  Garth,  and  Tom  Heuer  '76. 
George  and  Yumi  are  living  in  San  Francisco, 
where  George  is  senior  bond  representative 
with  the  Aetna  Casualty  &  Surety  Co. 

David  B.  Sholem  has  passed  the  Illinois 
Bar  Examination  and  is  employed  as  an  as- 
sociate with  the  law  firm  of  Meyer,  Capel, 
Hirschfeld,  Muncy,  Jahn  and  Aldeen  in 
Champaign-Urbana. 

Pamela  Hughes  Spence  reports  that  in  1977 
she  studied  at  the  University  of  Salamanca  in 
Spain  as  part  of  a  University  of  Virginia 
graduate  program.  Later,  she  taught  Spanish 
and  fencing  at  a  private  school  in  Los 
Angeles.  Last  June  she  came  East  and  mar- 
ried Keith  Spence  (brother  of  Sally  Spience 
'76).  She  and  Keith  are  now  teaching  at  the 
Portledge  School,  Locust  Valley,  N.Y.,  and 
living  at  84  Sea  Cliff  Ave.,  Glen  Cove,  N.Y. 
11542. 

Patricia  Hart  Tonks  is  assistant  director  of 
placement  and  student  services  at  the  Yale 
School  of  Organization  and  Management, 
where  her  husband,  Andmv  Tonks  ('69),  will 
finish  up  his  master's  in  public  and  private 
management  this  May. 

^7/L       Todd  Abraham  is  a  student  at  the 
/  \f       University  of  Pennsylvania,  where 
he  is  working  toward  his  Ph.D.  in  chemistry 
and  his  M.B.A.  in  management. 

lohn  F.  Ahem  teaches  mathemahcs  at 
Gushing  Academy,  Gardner,  Mass. 

Gary  E.  Alger  is  campus  ministry  co- 
ordinator at  Greenfield  Community  College, 
Greenfield,  Mass.,  where  he  is  developing  a 
new  program.  He  will  return  to  Andover 
Newton  Theological  School,  Newton  Centre, 
Mass.,  in  June  1980  to  prepare  for  ordination 
as  a  minister  in  the  United  Church  of  Christ. 

Tracy  Baer  is  a  writer  on  the  staff  of 
NBC's  daytime  game  show  "Jeopardy."  He 
is  living  at  13107  Mindanao  Way,  Marina  Del 
Rey,  Calif.  90219.  He  writes,  "Encourage 
friends  to  watch  the  show  and  keep  those 
ratings  healthy." 

Jeff  Brown  writes:  "Since  graduation  from 
Brown,  1  have  been  a  high  school  yearbook 
photographer,  a  stuffer  in  a  styrofoam  cup 
factory,  a  community  organizer  (outside 
agitator)  in  the  slums  of  Seattle,  and  a 
forest-fire  fighter  in  the  Great  North  Woods. 
I  start  a  new  job  this  year  as  a  financial  ana- 
lyst with  the  international  investment  divi- 
sion of  Seattle  First  National  Bank.  Am  really 
looking  forward  to  a  job  in  which  I  can  utilize 
my  Brown  degree  in  economics." 

Clicryl  /.  Duarte  is  half-owner  and 


operator  of  Myberg  Janitorial  Services,  Prov- 
idence. She  writes  that  the  business  is  going 
well  and  "I'm  paying  my  creditors."  Her 
address  is  328  Plain  St.,  Providence  02905. 

Leslye  C.  Goldman  is  a  student  at  the 
Wharton  School  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania. 

Daz'id  Haettenschwiller  is  a  management 
trainee  in  international  banking  with  Ameri- 
can Express  International,  New  York  City. 

Wilfrid  R.  Koponen  is  project  director  for 
Gahagan  Research  Associates  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  resides. 

Paul  H.  Mai/sek  is  a  sales  representative 
for  Market  Central  Air  Conditioning  in 
Englewood  Cliffs,  N.J. 

EliseA.  Meyer  is  owner  and  operator  of  a 
new  art  gallery  in  the  SoHo  district  of  New 
York,  specializing  in  the  work  of  contem- 
porary Europeans.  The  gallery  is  located  at 
410  West  Broadway. 

Bruce  Petrie  and  Mimi  Bennett  were 
married  Sept.  9  in  Corning,  N.Y.  jon  Gottlieb 
served  as  best  man.  Bruce  is  completing  his 
third  year  at  Northwestern  University  School 
of  Law,  where  he  is  articles  editor  of  the  Law 
Reinew.  After  graduation,  he  will  serve  a 
one-year  clerkship  with  Federal  Judge  John 
Grady  of  the  U.S.  District  Court  for  the 
Northern  District  of  Illinois,  Bruce's  wife  is  a 
third-year  student  at  Northwestern  Dental 
School.  Their  address:  456  West  St.  James, 
Chicago  60614. 

Samuel  Press  is  a  third-year  student  at  the 
University  of  Michigan  Law  School,  where 
he  was  a  finalist  in  the  Campbell  Moot  Court 
Competition. 

Estee  Robinski  and  Dr.  Peter  V.  Pickens 
(see  '74)  were  married  in  Oceanside,  N.Y.  At- 
tendants included  Kathy  Mannes  and 
Madelene  Fleischer.  Pete's  brother,  Joseph 
Pickens  {'77  Ph.D.),  was  an  usher.  Estee 
graduated  in  June  from  the  Wharton  School 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  with  an 
M.B.A.  in  finance  and  an  M.S.  in  operations 
research.  She  is  working  as  a  business  plan- 
ner for  FMC  Corp.  in  Chicago. 

Cynthia  Ruotolo  reports  from  New  York 
City  that  she  is  a  buyer  of  men's  and  wom- 
en's fragrances  for  Abraham  &  Straus.  June 
Robinson  is  a  fellow  buyer  in  the  crystal  de- 
partment. 

Gina  Scheaffer  Russ  is  a  second-year  stu- 
dent at  the  University  of  Miami  School  of 
Law  and  is  a  member  of  the  Laiv  Rei'ieu'  staff. 

Art  Schoeller  is  an  applications  consultant 
for  Tymshare,  Inc.,  Darien,  Conn. 

Wendy  B.  Shaw  and  Steven  Scott  Jacoby 
were  married  July  9  in  Boston.  Wendy  is  a 
second-year  student  at  Tufts  Medical  School 
and  Steve  is  in  his  final  year  at  Harvard  Med- 
ical School. 

Margaret  Supptee  Smith  (Ph.D.)  chaired 
the  committee  on  community  education 
programs  at  the  National  Trust  for  Historic 
Preservation  meeting  recently  in  Chicago. 
She  is  the  director  of  the  American  and  New 
England  Studies  Program's  Preservation 
Program  and  was  appointed  to  the  executive 
committee  of  the  recently  formed  National 
Council  for  Preservation  Education.  Mar- 
garet is  an  assistant  professor  of  art  history  at 
Boston  University. 

James  Full  has  been  teaching  ethics  and 
religion  at  Moses  Brown  School  in  Provi- 
dence since  graduation. 

Evelyn  WUliams  is  working  at  E,  I.  du 


Pont  de  Nemours  &  Co.,  Wilmington,  Del., 
as  an  engineer  in  the  chemicals,  dyes,  and 
pigments  department. 

^^       Pamela  L.  Boioer  is  teaching  art 
/    /         at  Arlington  (Mass.)  Junior  High 
East. 

Richard  A.  Hoftnann  and  his  wife.  Sue, 
have  moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  is  an  ac- 
tuarial analyst  with  Allstate  Insurance  Co. 

Nancy  L.  Lewis  is  a  software  engineer  for 
the  Raytheon  Co.,  Portsmouth,  R.I. 

Linda  Magnussen  and  Amy  Cahners  (see 
'79)  are  sharing  an  apartment  in  New  York 
City.  Linda  has  started  a  job  in  the  operations 
division  of  Morgan  Guaranty  Trust  Co. 

Christopher  Reinard  Paul  and  Margaret 
G.  Rose  were  married  May  20  in  Manning 
Chapel  and  are  living  at  15  Central  Ave., 
Bayport,  N.Y.  11705. 

Meryl  Pearlstein  is  a  second-year  gradu- 
ate student  in  marketing  at  the  Wharton 
School  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
Her  new  address:  Box  1043,  3600  Chestnut 
St.,  Philadelphia  19104. 

Cynthia  Raposo  (A.M.)  and  Bradford 
C.  Ashley  were  married  recently  and  are  liv- 
ing in  Columbia,  Md.  She  is  with  the  Na- 
tional Security  Agency,  Washington,  D.C. 

Melanie  C.  Stevens  is  a  fashion  copywriter 
ioT  Mademoiselle  magazine  in  New  York  City. 
She  had  spent  a  year  as  an  assistant  editor  in 
the  children's  book  department  of  Holt, 
Rinehart  &  Winston. 

^70       lames  J.  Aguiar  is  employed  at 

/  O       Corner  &  Lada  Co.,  Cranston,  R.I. 

Julia  A.  Andreiv,  a  laboratory  technician, 
is  working  with  immunologist  Dr.  Anthony 
Strelkauskas  at  the  Sidney  Farber  Cancer  Re- 
search Institute  in  Brookline,  Mass. 

David  C.  Bennett  is  a  technical  writer/ 
contract  administrator  with  Leon  D.  DeMat- 
teis  &  Sons,  Elmont,  N.Y.  "For  eighteen 
months  I  am  going  to  be  working  in  Saudi 
Arabia,"  he  writes.  His  address:  c/o  DeMat- 
teis-SamWhan  Joint  Venture,  P.O.  Box  5743, 
Riyadh,  Saudi  Arabia. 

Susan  Biener  is  attending  Boston  Univer- 
sity Medical  School. 

Richard  F.  Binswanger  has  joined  the 
mathematics  department  of  Germantown 
Academy,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mel  Blackett  is  attending  Washington 
University  (St.  Louis)  Medical  School. 

Tim  Both-well,  Brown's  three-time  All-hy 
hockey  defenseman,  is  the  leading  defense- 
man  for  the  New  Haven  Nighthawks  of  the 
American  Hockey  League,  an  affiliate  of  the 
New  York  Rangers. 

Desirec  Branch  Caldzvell,  a  museum  in- 
tern, is  working  in  the  department  of  collec- 
tions at  Colonial  Williamsburg. 

Marlene  Fantucchio  is  a  programmer  at 
NCR  Corp.,  San  Diego,  Calif. 

Heather  D.  Graham  is  an  underwriter 
with  John  Hancock  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Co.,  Boston. 

Cclia  Jane  Hartniann  is  an  editorial  assist- 
ant at  Cutis  magazine,  New  York  City. 

Allen  /.  Hubbard  is  enrolled  in  a  master's 
program  in  environmental  engineering  at  the 
University  of  Illinois,  Champaign-Urbana. 
His  thesis  will  concern  a  potential  flow 
solution  to  a  flat  plate  jet  impactor  fluid 
mechanics  problem. 

William  Lichtenstcin,  a  student  at  the  Co- 


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lumbia  School  of  Journalism,  is  working  at 
ABC  Sports  as  a  writer  and  researcher  for 
"Wide  World  of  Sports." 

Rita  A.  Manfredi  is  living  in  Providence 
and  is  enrolled  in  the  Brown  Medical  Pro- 
gram. 

Marc  Machlin  is  a  student  .it  Har\'ard 
Law  School  and  is  sharing  an  apartment  with 
]erry  Orloff  M  279  Harvard  St.,  Cambndge. 
Jerry  is  a  grad  student  in  mathematics  at  MIT. 

Stnvii  j.  Miller  is  attending  law  school  at 
Vanderbilt  University,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Michael  North  (Sc.M.)  is  senior  chemist  at 
the  air  pollution  laboratory  of  the  Providence 
Health  Department. 

Alison  /.  O'Connell  is  a  promotion  assist- 
ant and  copywriter  at  House  &  Garden  maga- 
zine in  New  York  City. 

John  W.  Palmer  (Ph.D.)  has  joined  Daniel 
H.  Wagner  Associates  of  Paoli,  Pa.,  as  a  con- 
sultant in  operations,  research,  and  mathe- 
matics. The  1974  Universitv  of  Missouri 
graduate  and  his  wife,  Lee,  live  in  Down- 
ingtown.  Pa. 

Cynthia  Robinson  is  a  master's  candidate 
in  urban  and  regional  planning  at  the  Har- 
vard Graduate  School  of  Design. 

Kci'in  Rooney,  an  All-Ivy  tackle  for  Brown 
in  1977,  played  his  football  north  of  the  bor- 
der this  past  fall.  A  graduate  student  in  edu- 
caHon  at  McGill  Universitv  in  Montreal,  the 
defensive  end  was  named  to  the  All- 
Canadian  team.  His  coach,  Charlie  Baillie, 
was  quoted  as  saying  that  Rooney  was  "the 
best  defensive  lineman  McGill  has  had  in 
several  years." 

Gerald  C.  Rosali  works  in  the  equipment 
development  laboratory  for  Raytheon  Corp., 
Sudbury,  Mass. 

David  Rudofsky  is  enrolled  in  the  Whar- 
ton School  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 

Jessica  Solodar  is  an  assistant  editor  in  the 
college  division  of  D.  C.  Heath,  Publishers, 
Lexington,  Mass.,  and  is  living  in  Brighton. 

Simone  Tseng  spent  the  summer  as  the 
registrar  of  the  medical  clinic  aboard  New 
York's  Floating  Hospital. 

Earl  Douglas  Varney  is  in  the  manage- 
ment training  program  of  the  Manufacturers 
Hanover  Trust  Co.,  New  York  Cit\'.  He 
writes:  "In  my  aspirations  to  become  a  lead- 
ing officer  of  the  bank,  I  follow  recent  grads 
Doug  Traver  '78  and  Chris  Noble  '76  to  the 
program." 

Clifford  G.  Walters  is  working  for  the 
Veterans  Administration  outpatient  clinic  in 
Government  Center,  Boston,  as  a  research 
technician.  The  job  involves  assaying  ty'pes 
of  collagen  produced  by  cultured  tumor  cells 
and  comparing  these  to  normal  collagen 
types,  with  the  goal  of  a  possible  diagnostic 
tool  to  identify  malignant  cell  types. 

^7Q       Philip  Bibbons  is  an  assistant  to  the 
/   ^       West  Coast  director  for  public  rela- 
tions oi  Playboy  magazine.  His  address:  8560 
Sunset  Blvd.,  Los  Angeles  90069. 

Amy  Cahners  and  Linda  Magnussen  (see 
'77)  are  sharing  an  apartment  in  New  York 
City.  Amy  has  been  working  as  an  assistant 
buyer  at  Abraham  &  Straus  and  recently  re- 
ceived a  promoHon  to  department  manager 
of  junior  coats  and  dresses  in  the  Hemp- 
stead, L.I.,  store. 

Stei'en  Oliveira  is  serving  as  president  of 
the  senior  class.  Other  officers  include /wdif/; 
Allen,  vice  president;  Debra  Cohn,  secretary; 


Betsy  Behringer,  treasurer;  and  Ariane  Loeb, 
reunion  chairman. 


OdMlhs 


Hope  Davis  Mecklin  Gordon  '06,  Fairfield, 
Conn.,  former  national  president  of  Kappa 
Alpha  Theta  sorority  and  class  president  in 
her  freshman  and  senior  years;  Nov.  5.  While 
married  to  John  M.  Mecklin,  professor  of  phi- 
losophy at  Dartmouth,  she  helped  form  the 
Hanover  PTA,  was  a  charter  member  of  the 
League  of  Women  Voters,  and  was  Girl 
Scout  Commissioner.  In  1949,  she  won  the 
New  Hampshire  duplicate  bridge  champi- 
onship. Two  years  after  Professor  Mecklin's 
death  in  1956,  she  married  Theodore  W.  Gor- 
don '05,  the  widowed  husband  of  Mabel 
Ashworth  Gordon  '06.  Mr.  Gordon  died  in 
1971.  Survivors  include  a  daughter,  Mary 
Jenkins,  156  Roseville  Rd.,  Westport,  Conn. 
06880. 

Ira  Nathan  Goff  '08,  Alfred,  Maine,  re- 
tired mining  and  metallurgical  engineer  and 
former  professor  at  Purdue  University;  Oct. 
20.  Mr.  Goff  received  his  master's  in  engi- 
neering at  Columbia  in  1925,  an  M.S.  from 
the  Missouri  School  of  Mines  and  Metallurgi- 
cal Engineering  in  1926,  and  a  Ph.D.  from  the 
University  of  VVisconsin  School  of  Engi- 
neering in  1928.  He  taught  lor  a  decade  at 
Purdue  and  later  at  the  Illinois  Institute  of 
Technology  and  also  served  for  many  years 
as  a  private  consultant.  Survivors  include  his 
wife.  Fern,  Waterboro  Rd.,  Alfred,  Maine 
04002. 

lames  Lee  Murray  '08,  Warwick,  R.I.,  a 
former  city  clerk  and  city  engineer  in  War- 
wick and  class  agent  for  1908;  Nov.  12.  Mr. 
Murray  was  a  field  engineer  for  the  Rhode  Is- 
land Board  of  Public  Roads  from  1925  to  1932, 
Warwick  highway  commissioner  from  1925 
to  1935,  and  city  clerk  and  city  engineer  in 
the  late  1950s.  He  was  involved  with  the  Boy 
Scouts  for  more  than  fifty  years  and,  in  1949, 
was  awarded  the  Bucklin  Medal  for  service  to 
scouhng.  Mr.  Murray  was  a  past  president  of 
the  Warwick  Historical  Society-  and  a  former 
chairman  of  the  Warwick  chapter  of  the 
American  Red  Cross.  Survivors  include  a 
son,  J.  Lee,  Box  113,  Warner,  N.H.  03278; 
and  three  daughters,  Priscilla,  Ruth,  and 
Grace. 

Joseph  Eli  Bliss  '10,  Encino,  Calif.,  a 
long-time  director  of  W.  T.  Grant  Co.  in 
Pittsburgh  and  other  locations  prior  to  his 
retirement  in  1946;  Oct.  24.  Survivors  include 
his  wife,  Madeline,  5144  Woodley  Ave.,  En- 
dno  91316. 

Raymond  Edward  Tenner  '10,  '18  A.M., 
Springfield,  Mass.,  a  mathematics  and  Eng- 
lish teacher  at  Springfield's  Classical  High 
from  1915  until  his  retirement  in  1952; 
Oct.  23.  Mr.  Fenner  was  a  founder  of  the 
Springfield  Education  Association  and  was  a 
past  president  of  the  community's  Art 
League  and  Schoolmaster's  Club.  Survivors 
include  his  wife.  Amy,  116  Byers  St., 
Springfield  01105;  and  a  son,  Raymond. 


Ellis  Laurie  Yatman  '11,  Providence, 
long-time  Providence  attorney  and  Provi- 
dence probate  judge  from  1928  to  1935;  Oct. 
28.  The  1915  Harvard  Law  School  graduate 
was  a  past  president  of  the  Rhode  Island  Bar 
Association  and  a  former  editor  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Bar  journal.  He  also  served  as  president 
of  the  International  Institute  of  Providence. 
Delta  Upsilon.  Survivors  include  his  son, 
Tliomas  L.  Yatman  '43,  42  Gushing  St.,  Provi- 
dence 02906. 

Helen  Barrett  Han'ey  '13,  Middletown, 
Ohio,  a  Latin  teacher  in  the  East  Providence, 
R.I.,  school  system  for  thirty-five  years  until 
her  retirement  in  1958;  Oct.  23.  Sigma 
Kappa.  Survivors  include  a  son,  the  Rev. 
Joseph  C.  Harcey  '40,  4313  Nelson  Rd., 
Middletown  45042. 

Trances  Richardson  Carrington  '15, 
Waterbury,  Conn.,  former  president  of  the 
Connechcut  Valley  Pembroke  Club;  Nov.  8. 
Mrs.  Carrington  had  been  employed  by 
Travelers  Insurance  Co.  for  many  years  be- 
fore becoming  a  social  worker  in  Hartford. 
She  was  a  former  president  of  the  Waterbury 
chapter  of  the  American  Association  of  Uni- 
versity Women  and  was  a  founder  and  first 
president  of  the  PTA  of  the  Bunker  Hill 
School  in  Waterbury.  There  are  no  imme- 
diate survivors. 

Leslie  Bennett  Corey  '17,  Boothbay, 
Maine,  a  manual  training  teacher  in  the  Prov- 
idence public  schools  for  thirty-five  years 
prior  to  his  retirement  in  1951;  Oct.  22.  Sur- 
vivors include  his  daughter,  Doris  Corey 
Vander,  of  Pension  Ridge,  Maine. 

Albert  Edgar  Lownes  '20,  Providence,  re- 
tired chairman  of  the  board  of  the  American 
Silk  Spinning  Co.  of  Providence  and  one  of 
the  nation's  foremost  book  collectors;  Nov. 
17.  Mr.  Lownes  combined  his  interests  as  a 
devoted  naturalist  and  outdoorsman  with 
book  collecting,  and  on  the  50th  anniversary 
of  his  graduation  he  donated  to  the  Univer- 
sity his  set  of  Audubon's  The  Birds  of  America, 
one  of  the  most  precious  books  in  the  world. 
He  was  president  of  the  Rhode  Island  Histor- 
ical Society,  South  County  Museum,  Provi- 
dence Art  Club,  and  Narragansett  Council, 
Boy  Scouts  of  America.  Mr.  Lownes  served 
for  a  dozen  years  on  the  editorial  board  of 
Boy  Scout  Handbook  and  donated  to  the  Rhode 
Island  Boy  Scouts  his  250-acre  estate, 
Aquapaug,  in  South  Kingstown.  He  was  the 
recipient  of  both  the  Silver  Beaver  and  Silver 
Antelope  Awards  for  his  contributions  to 
scouting.  He  was  a  member  of  the  John  Car- 
ter Brown  Library  Associates  and  was  a 
founder  and  former  chairman  of  the  Friends 
of  the  Library  at  Brown.  He  received  an 
honorary  master  of  arts  degree  from  Brown 
in  1940  and  an  honorary'  doctor  of  laws  de- 
gree in  1970.  He  was  considered  such  an  au- 
thority on  the  literature  of  the  history  of  sci- 
ence that  he  was  invited  by  Brown  to  be  a  lec- 
turer on  the  subject  in  a  special  seminar  de- 
signed primarily  for  graduate  students. 
Alpha  Tau  Omega.  Survivors  include 
daughters  Ann,  Sylvia,  and  Carol,  and  a  son, 
Richard  W.  Lownes,  of  Wakefield,  R.I. 

Townes  Malcolm  Harris  '23  A.M.,  Provi- 
dence, a  founding  partner  in  the  Providence 


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accounting  firm  of  Harris  &  Gifford  in  1932 
and  a  former  treasurer  of  the  class;  Nov.  2. 
Mr.  Harris  was  graduated  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Texas  in  1920,  received  his  M.A.  in 
economics  there  in  1921,  and  came  to  Brown 
on  a  Marston  Fellowship  in  1922.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders,  along  with  the  late  Bill 
McCormick,  of  the  Brown  Rowing  Associa- 
tion, and  a  new  rowing  shell  was  named  in 
his  honor  two  years  ago.  Mr.  Harris  was  a 
past  president  of  the  Rhode  Island  Society  of 
CPA's  and  treasurer  of  the  Providence 
Athenaeum,  St.  Stephen's  Church,  the 
Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  and  the  AKE 
Association  of  Rhode  Island.  During  World 
War  II,  he  was  an  Army  lieutenant  colonel  in 
military  intelligence  and  served  at  the  Penta- 
gon, in  North  Africa,  and  in  the  Southwest 
Pacific.  He  was  awarded  the  Bronze  Star  in 
1945.  Mr.  Harris  was  especially  active  in  the 
affairs  of  his  class.  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon. 
Survivors  include  his  wife,  Grace,  72  Pros- 
pect St.,  Providence  02906;  and  two  sons, 
Townes  M.  Harris,  Jr.,  of  Rumford,  and 
Wendell  G.  Hams  '49,  Fort  Worth,  Texas. 

Katharine  Mayor  Rekhenbach  '25,  War- 
wick, R.I.,  a  science  teacher  for  many  years  at 
the  Walden  School,  New  York  City,  prior  to 
her  retirement;  Oct.  3.  Survivors  include  her 
brother-in-law,  George  E.  Hodge,  217  Prom- 
enade Ave.,  Providence  02908. 

John  Henning  Cogan  '26,  EastGreenbush, 
N.Y.,  an  Albany  attorney  and  a  city  alder- 
man from  1938  to  1944;  Oct.  31.  Mr.  Cogan,  a 
1929  graduate  of  Union  University  Law 
School,  was  in  practice  in  Albany  for  many 
years  with  his  father,  and  more  recently  with 
his  son,  John,  in  the  law  firm  of  Cogan  &  Co- 
gan. Alpha  Tau  Omega.  Survivors  include 
his  wife,  Edith,  Pinewood  Ave.,  East  Green- 
bush  12061;  and  sons  John  and  Thomas. 

Tliomas  Anthony  Magee  '27,  Tucson, 
Ariz.,  president  and  later  chairman  of  the 
board  of  Gray  Envelope  Manufacturing  Co., 
Brooklyn,  and  a  former  president  of  his  class; 
Oct.  24.  Mr.  Magee  had  served  as  a  trustee  of 
the  Brown  University  Fund  and  was  a  strong 
supporter  of  the  Brown  Football  Association. 
Sigma  Chi.  Survivors  include  his  wife,  Eve- 
lyn, Sky  Mountain  Range,  Tucson  86336;  and 
a  daughter,  Sharon. 

Capt.  Alfred  Sargent  Cleaves  78,  '35  A.M., 
Providence,  a  twenty-three-year  Navy  veter- 
an who  retired  in  1965  as  deputy  chief  of  staff 
for  reserve  affairs  for  the  First  Naval  District 
and  then  was  a  history  teacher  at  Classical 
High  School  from  1965  to  1975;  Oct.  31.  From 
1948  until  1952,  Captain  Cleaves  was  an 
NROTC  instructor  and  faculty  advisor  at 
Brown.  Delta  Upsilon.  Survivors  include  his 
wife,  Loretta,  129  Williams  St.,  Providence 
02906;  a  daughter.  Sue  Ann;  a  son,  Alfred; 
and  three  brothers,  including /^rf/iur  W. 
Cleai'es  '27,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Harry  Clinton  Oxoen,  ]r.  '28,  Attleboro, 
Mass.,  retired  chairman  of  the  board  of  First 
Bristol  County  (Mass.)  National  Bank,  former 
Rhode  Island  state  director  of  administration, 
and  a  past  president  of  his  class;  Nov.  6  while 
leaving  the  Brown-Harvard  football  game. 
After  service  as  a  commander  in  the  Navy 
during  World  War  II,  Mr.  Owen  became 


administrative  assistant  to  Mayor  Dennis 
J.  Roberts  of  Providence  in  1947,  and  when 
Roberts  became  governor  in  1950,  Mr.  Owen 
became  his  executive  secretary.  He  served  as 
state  director  of  administration  in  1955,  be- 
came vice  president  of  Plantations  Bank  in 
1957,  and  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Attleboro  in  1964.  Mr.  Owen  was 
president  of  the  United  Fund  in  both  Provi- 
dence and  Attleboro,  was  vice  chairman  of 
the  Rhode  Island  Heart  Fund,  and  was  a 
trustee  of  both  Roger  Williams  College  and 
Johnson  &  Wales.  He  was  president  of  the 
Navy  League  of  Rhode  Island,  commanding 
officer  of  the  U.S.  Naval  Reserve  Battalion  in 
Providence,  and  was  chairman  of  the  state's 
Public  Building  Authority.  Mr.  Owen  was  a 
former  director  of  the  Associated  Alumni  and 
was  a  leading  supporter  of  the  Brown  Foot- 
ball Association.  Theta  Delta  Chi.  Survivors 
include  his  wife,  Martha,  9  Woodland  Ln., 
Attleboro  02703;  daughters  Martha-Ann  and 
Deborah;  a  son,  Harry;  and  a  brother,  Ray 
B.  Owen  '30,  Bristol,  R.I. 

Frederick  Stephen  Ackroyd  '29,  Providence, 
retail  marketing  supervisor  in  the  Rhode  Is- 
land area  for  Mobil  Oil  prior  to  his  retirement 
in  1967;  Nov.  13.  Mr.  Ackroyd  was  a  gradu- 
ate of  the  University  of  Rhode  Island,  where 
he  was  president  of  his  class.  Survivors  in- 
clude his  wife,  Margaret,  267  Rochambeau 
Ave.,  Providence  02906;  and  two  sons.  Dr. 
Frederick  W.  Ackroyd  '51,  Miami  Beach,  Fla., 
where  he  is  chief  of  surgery  at  Mount  Sinai 
Medical  Center;  and  lames  A.  Ackroyd  '67, 
Providence,  a  teacher  at  Central  High 
School. 

Dr.  Frederick  Charles  Hanson  '29,  Middle- 
town,  R.I.,  a  retired  Providence  ophthalmol- 
ogist; Nov.  6.  A  1933  graduate  of  Tufts  Medi- 
cal School,  Dr.  Hanson  was  a  former  chief  of 
ophthalmology  at  the  former  C.  V.  Chapin 
Hospital  and  the  former  Lying-in  Hospital, 
Providence.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Brown 
medical  staff  and  became  a  diplomate  of  the 
National  Board  of  Ophthalmology  in  1943. 
Dr.  Hanson  joined  the  Navy  in  1938  as  a 
medical  specialist  and  served  in  the  Pacific 
during  World  War  II.  Survivors  include  his 
wife,  Grace,  545  Wolcott  Ave.,  Middletown 
02840;  and  daughters  Harle  and  Carol. 

Leopold  Myers  '30,  Newton,  Mass.,  presi- 
dent for  forty-eight  years  of  Columbia  & 
Myers  Upholstering  Co.,  Boslcrn,  a  family 
firm  founded  by  his  father  in  1892;  Oct.  24.  • 
Survivors  include  his  wife,  Mildred,  264 
Ward  St.,  Newton  02158;  and  two  daughters, 
Marjorie  and  Nancy. 

Robert  Hayes  Robertson  '31,  Quincv,  Fla., 
a  rancher  and  businessman;  Oct.  13.  Mr. 
Robertson  had  been  owner  of  the  Tepee 
Dude  Ranch  in  Buffalo,  Wyo.,  and  the  J  Bar 
U  Ranch  in  Kavce,  Wyo.,  between  1944  and 
1955.  Delia  Kappa  Epsilon.  Survivors  include 
his  wife,  Joyce,  of  Quincy;  and  daughters 
Terri  and  Toni. 

William  Clifford  Shimmon  '31,  Great  Bar- 
rington,  Mass.,  former  assistant  treasurer  of 
the  Rising  Paper  Co.,  in  Housatonic,  Mass.; 
Sept.  17.  Mr.  Shimmon  had  been  with  Rising 
Paper  for  forty-two  years  prior  to  his  retire- 


ment in  1974.  Phi  Sigma  Kappa.  Survivors 
include  his  wife,  Helen,  184  Maple  Ave., 
Great  Barrington  01230;  sons  William  and 
Richard;  and  a  daughter,  Martha. 

Dr.  Nestor  William  Waioro  '34,  West 
Hartford,  Conn.,  a  prominent  cancer  sur- 
geon who  had  been  senior  surgeon  at 
Hartford  Hospital  and  a  member  of  the  staff 
at  the  University  of  Connecticut  School  of 
Medicine;  Nov.  3  in  Hawaii  after  an  auto- 
mobile accident.  A  1938  graduate  of  the  Yale 
University  School  of  Medicine,  Dr.  Wawro 
was  a  past  secretary  and  president  of  the 
State  Cancer  Society  of  Connecticut  and  was 
a  delegate  director  from  Connecticut  to  the 
American  Cancer  Society.  In  1968,  he  was 
awarded  the  Bronze  Medal  of  the  Connec- 
ticut chapter  of  the  American  Cancer  Society. 
Dr.  Wawro  was  a  volunteer  in  1967  on  the  SS 
Hope,  the  floating  medical  center,  during  its 
trip  to  Cartagena,  Colombia.  Survivors  in- 
clude his  wife,  Judith,  44  Walbridge  Rd., 
West  Hartford  06119,  who  was  severely 
burned  in  the  accident;  daughters  Robin  and 
Gillian  '78;  and  sons  Peter  '70,  David  '73,  Mark 
'75,  and  George. 

John  Wagar  Humphrey  '35,  Saratoga 
Springs,  N.Y.,  assistant  manager-finance  of 
Saratoga  Harness  Racing;  Oct.  11.  After  serv- 
ice with  the  Army  during  World  War  II,  Mr. 
Humphrey  joined  Saratoga  Harness  in  1946. 
Survivors  include  his  wife,  Kathryn,  33 
Webster  St.,  Saratoga  Springs  12866. 

Richard  Clement  Fallon  '36,  Naples,  Fla., 
executive  manager  for  General  Electric  in 
Brazil  prior  to  his  retirement  nine  vears  ago; 
Oct.  11.  In  his  thirty-three  years  with  GE, 
Mr.  Fallon  worked  in  China,  Turkey,  Chile, 
and  Brazil,  serving  as  presiden^of  the 
American  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  Brazil. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Naples  School 
Board.  Survivors  include  his  wife.  Avis,  1840 
Eighth  St.  S.,  Naples  33940;  and  four  chil- 
dren, Richard,  Karen,  Barbara,  and  Patricia. 

Frederick  Arthur  Stevens  '36,  East  Provi- 
dence, R.I.,  coordinator  of  special  services  at 
Textron;  Oct.  19.  Mr.  Stevens  was  vice 
chairman  of  the  Advisory  Council  on  Alco- 
holism, the  Policy  Advisory  Board  of  New- 
port Hospital,  and  was  chairman  of  the  board 
of  the  New  England  Center  on  Alcoholism. 
He  was  a  Navy  officer  in  World  War  II.  Phi 
Kappa  Psi.  Survivors  include  two  sons,  Mark 
and  Frederick. 

Clifford  Ernest  Herrick,  Jr.  '38,  Campton, 
Kv.,  a  research  chemist  who  worked  on  the 
Manhattan  Project  from  1942  to  1946;  luly  28. 
Mr.  Herrick  received  his  Ph.D.  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Rochester  in  1943.  He  was  at  one 
time  vice  president  of  Sumner  Williams,  Inc., 
Boston,  and  most  recently  divisional  man- 
ager of  the  research  and  materials  section  of 
IBM  in  Lexington,  Kv.  Since  his  retirement 
five  years  ago,  Mr.  Herrick  raised  Hereford 
cattle  and  Peruvian  Paso  horses  and  was  a 
part-time  consultant  for  IBM,  Survivors  in- 
clude his  wife,  Susan,  Rt.  2,  Flat  Mary  Rd., 
Campton  41301;  and  four  children,  including 
Robert  C.  Hernck  '71,  176  Cowper  St.,  Palo 
Alto,  Calif.  94301. 

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Janet  Goulelt  Erkkinen  '40,  Riverside,  R.I., 
manager  of  Brown's  Recorder's  Office  from 
1940  to  1944;  Nov.  13.  She  was  the  corre- 
sponding secretary  of  the  Rhode  Island 
branch  of  the  American  Association  of  Uni- 
versity Women  in  1947.  Mrs.  Erkkinen  was  a 
former  president  of  her  class,  president  of 
Komians,  and  a  class  agent.  Survivors  in- 
clude her  husband,  Ahti  A.  Erkkinen  '38,  33 
Rhodes  Ave.,  Riverside  02915;  and  two  sons, 
Paul  and  Peter. 

Elliott  Roberts  '40,  Mattapoisett,  Mass., 
former  sales  engineer  of  Atlas  Tack  Corp., 
Fairhaven,  Mass.;  Sept.  1.  He  was  an  officer 
in  the  Army  field  artillery  during  World  War 
II  and  was  awarded  the  Bronze  Star.  Sur- 
vivors include  two  sons,  Mark  E.  Roberts  '71, 
Orleans,  Mass.,  and  David. 

Robert  Whitticr  Chester  '43,  Santa  Fe, 
N.M.,  former  director  of  the  social  services 
department  at  the  University  of  Missouri 
Medical  School;  Nov.  8.  Mr.  Chester  received 
a  master's  degree  from  Boston  Universit)'  in 
1951.  Survivors  include  his  wife,  Kathryn, 
P.O.  Box  4415,  Santa  Fe  87505. 

Robert  Maddison  Steei'es  '47,  Bedford, 
N.H.,  a  retired  engineer  for  the  New  Eng- 
land Telephone  Co.;  July  31.  Mr.  Sleeves  was 
a  member  of  the  Bedford  Historical  Society 
and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Derryfield 
School.  He  was  a  Navy  veteran  of  World  War 

11.  Survivors  include  his  wife,  Svlvia,  Minis- 
terial Cir.,  Bedford  03102;  daughters  Jan  and 
Betsey;  and  sons  Mark  and  Paul. 

Tlumms  Albert  Morie  '55,  Pocopson,  Pa., 
publisher  of  Focirf  Engineering,  Bala-Cynwyd, 
Pa.,  a  specialized  business  magazine  pub- 
lished by  Chilton  Co.;  Aug.  22.  Mr.  Morie 
served  with  the  U.S.  Air  Force  for  five  years 
after  graduation.  Phi  Kappa  Psi.  Survivors 
include  his  wife,  Beverly,  P.O.  Box  #46, 
Pocopson  19366. 

Stephen  Laurence  Gotding  '63,  Ossining, 
N.Y.,  New  York  City  attorney  specializing  in 
taxes;  June  8,  when  his  car  went  out  of  con- 
trol on  the  Taconic  State  Parkway  and 
smashed  into  a  rock  wall.  Mr.  Golding 
earned  his  law  degree  from  New  York  Uni- 
versity and  was  special  tax  consultant  to  the 
law  firm  of  Sargent,  Rohm,  and  Van 
Heemstra.  He  was  a  former  secretary  of  the 
Brown  Club  of  Westchester  County.  Sur- 
vivors include  his  wife,  Susan,  20  Overton 
Rd.,  Ossining  10562;  two  daughters,  Serena 
and  Sunny;  and  a  brother,  Richard  Gardner 
'58. 

The  Rev.  John  C.  Graboioski  '64  M.A.T., 
Seattle,  Wash.,  a  Catholic  priest  who  was 
dean  of  studies  and  science  teacher  at  Holy 
Redeemer  High  School,  Oakland,  Calif.;  July 

12.  Father  Grabowski  received  his  A.B.  and 
A.M.  from  the  University  of  San  Francisco. 
He  recently  served  as  assistant  director  of  the 
Palisades  Center  for  Christian  Renewal, 
Seattle.  Survivors  are  not  known. 


F(Q)ninft 

(0)1? 


By  Richard  J.  Ramsden  '59 


In  the  post-World  War  II  period, 
those  engaged  in  higher  education 
have,  for  the  most  part,  been  con- 
sistent —  often  enthusiastic  —  pro- 
ponents of  an  expansive  federal  govern- 
ment. For  most  of  this  period,  it  is  true 
that  the  benefits  of  growing  federal  in- 
volvement and  resources  in  society's 
needs  and  prcibiems  appeared  to  out- 
weigh the  disadvantages.  It  has  only 
been  in  the  1970s,  as  colleges  and  uni- 
versities have  felt  the  first  fever  of  what 
Walter  Lippman  called  "the  sickness  of 
an  overgoverned  society,"  that  frustra- 
tion and  doubt  have  set  in. 

Most  of  the  frustrahon  to  date  has 
been  directed  toward  the  widening  web 
of  reguiahons,  orders,  and  directives 
that  have  accompanied  federal  efforts  to 
address  a  mulHtude  of  social  concerns. 
However,  as  serious  as  overregulation 
and  rule  by  officials  has  become,  to  this 
observer  there  is  an  even  more  basic 
concern  that  government  presents  for 
higher  education. 

Expansive  government  at  all  levels 
is  expensive,  as  the  1979  federal  budget 
of  approximately  S500  billion  is  testi- 
mony. (If  memory  is  correct.  President 
Roosevelt's  first  budget  was  about  $3 
billion  and  President  Kennedy's  last 
budget  less  than  $100  billion.)  Not  only 
is  expansive  government  expensive,  but 
for  the  past  three  decades,  at  the  federal 
level,  the  endless  initiatives  have  too 
often  been  financed  by  equally  endless 
deficits  and  by  the  deceitful  and  myopic 
prachce  of  transferring  costs  to  future 
generations.  (Social  security  and  federal 
and  state  retirement  practices  are  but 
two  of  many  such  examples.) 

The  economic  effects  of  govern- 
mental self-indulgence  are  beyond 
the  purview  of  this  brief  article.  How- 
ever, one  key  effect,  inflation  —  espe- 
cially when  coupled  with  the  graduated 
income  tax  —  is  a  central  threat  to  pri- 
vate colleges  and  universities.  Why  do  I 
say  this?  Very  simply,  inflation  depre- 
ciates the  purchasing  power  of  private 


endowments,  and  creates  compensation 
needs  of  faculty  and  staff  that  can  only 
be  met  by  rapidly  rising  tuition,  and 
which  cannot  be  offset,  except  to  a  lim- 
ited degree,  by  increased  productivity. 
(We  are  a  cottage  industry  and  we 
define  quality  by  that  very  characteristic 
—  the  extent  to  which  each  student  re- 
ceives personal  attention  in  the  myriad 
activities  which  encompass  an  under- 
graduate experience.)  Under  the  grad- 
uated income  tax  system,  inflation 
pushes  all  taxpayers,  including  families 
of  students,  into  higher  tax  brackets 
where  the  government's  claim  (at  all 
levels)  on  income  increases,  which  ulti- 
mately means  that  the  claim  of  private 
goods  and  services  on  family  incomes 
must  decrease.  And  to  the  extent  that 
inflation  continues  to  drive  the  prices  of 
food,  housing,  energy,  and  other 
necessities  higher,  there  is  less  remain- 
ing for  families  to  make  more  discre- 
tionary purchases  —  such  as  private 
higher  education.  Put  simply,  if  families 
are  being  squeezed  elsewhere  by  man- 
datory (government)  or  necessary 
(housing,  food,  energy)  outlays,  there  is 
less  avaUable  for  higher  education. 

You  can  compound  numbers  as 
well  as  I.  Six-percent  inflation  will  dou- 
ble the  price  of  any  product,  including  a 
Brown  education,  in  twelve  years  and 
quadruple  it  by  the  time  the  class  of  1978 
has  its  25th  reunion  and  is  endeavoring 
to  pay  for  the  education  of  its  own  chil- 
dren. Even  a  cursory  view  of  federal  in- 
come tax  rates  (not  to  mention  the 
doubling  of  the  maximum  social  secu- 
rity tax  over  the  next  four  years  and  a 
tripling  over  the  next  nine)  indicates 
the  extent  to  which  families  will  be 
squeezed  harder  and  harder  in  their  ef- 
forts to  produce  the  necessary'  after-tax 
dollars  to  purchase  a  continually 
inflated  college  education. 

If  this  prospect  is  a  gloomy  one  for 
Brown,  which  by  any  standard  enjoys 
exceptional  student  demand,  and  by 
most  standards  a  relatively  ample 


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Expansive  government's 
expensive  lessons 
for  higher  education 


endowment,  what  does  it  suggest  for 
the  thousand  private  colleges  that  enjoy 
neither  benefit  —  especially  in  the  face 
of  growing  competition  for  fewer  stu- 
dents in  the  1980s? 

Well,  what  do  we  do  about  it?  Some 
would  argue  that  since  the  federal  gov- 
ernment, as  the  key  beneficiary  of 
inflation,  will  have  large  incremental  re- 
sources, private  colleges  and  universi- 
ties will  simply  have  to  get  more  from 
Washington.  However,  as  the  past  dec- 
ade has  shown,  even  if  successful,  that 
solution  only  means  more  regulation, 
greater  dependence,  and  a  weakening 
resolve  to  remain  free,  upon  which  so 
much  depends.  Perhaps  I  am  wrong, 
but  I  would  like  to  think  that  higher 
education  has  learned  the  lesson:  the 
only  free  cheese  is  found  in  mouse- 
traps. 

Rather  than  incurring  greater  de- 
pendence, I  think  a  good  place  to  start  is 
by  recognizing  our  predicament  —  that 
we  are  people-intensive  enterprises 
with  little  opportunity  to  improve  our 
ilong-term  productivity,  except  at  the 
expense  of  quality.  We  are  also  a  bit  like 
carriers  at  sea  —  we  cannot  adjust 
quickly  since  so  many  of  our  costs  are 
fixed  or  uncontrollable  in  the  short  to  in- 
termediate term.  This  means  we  have  to 
know  the  long-term  cost  implications  of 
plant  and  program  decisions.  A  new 
building  may  mean  a  century  of  incre- 
mental costs;  a  new  program  may  mean 
a  thirty-year  faculty  commitment.  We 
need  to  plan  well  and  account  honestly. 
I  think  we  should  also  recognize  that  we 
never  ask  our  customers  before  the  fact 
how  much  quality  they  would  like  and 
are  willing  to  pay  for.  Over  the  past 
twenty  years  colleges  and  universities 
have  devoted  a  disproportionate  share 
of  their  private  gift  support  to  expense- 
producing  assets  (plant)  as  against 
income-producing  assets  (endow- 
ment). I  think  we  should  remember 
that  we  have  a  choice. 

In  the  final  analysis,  however,  it  is 


what  happens  in  the  larger  world  that 
will  determine  the  future  of  private 
higher  education.  In  fact,  if  given  the 
rate  of  inflation  between  now  and  the 
year  2000  and  the  percentage  of  the  out- 
put of  the  American  people  that  is  re- 
quired by  government  at  all  levels  in 
that  year,  1  suspect  a  very  prescient 
judgment  could  be  made  about  the 
condition  of  Brown  and  her  sister  in- 
stitutions in  the  closing  years  of  this 
century. 

It  is  easy  to  be  discouraged.  The 
"sickness  of  an  overgoverned  society" 
presents  enormous  problems  for  all  pri- 
vate enterprises,  but  in  particular  for 
institutions  such  as  Brown.  But  the 
sickness  can  be  addressed.  It  will  not  be 
addressed  by  the  occasional  tax  cut,  no 
more  than  the  problems  of  private 
higher  education  can  be  addressed  by  a 
token  educational  tax  credit  for  families 
of  students.  In  the  judgment  of  this  ob- 
server, what  is  required  is  no  less  than 
the  political  discipline  to  limit  once  and 
for  all  the  proportionate  claim  of  gov- 
ernment on  the  productivity  of  the 
American  society.  If  this  happens,  pri- 
vate colleges  and  universities  will  not  be 
squeezed  out;  they  might  even  thrive. 
And  the  proportionate  share  of  family 
income  available  for  higher  education 
would  at  least  remain  stable. 

Can  it  be  done?  Perhaps.  But  it 
would  take  an  extraordinary  reaffirma- 
tion of  individual  freedom  and  of  con- 
trolled, if  not  limited,  government.  As  a 
young  professor  at  Wesleyan,  Woodrow 
Wilson,  wrote  in  1889;  "America  is  now 
sauntering  through  her  resources,  and 
through  the  mazes  of  her  politics,  with 
easy  nonchalance;  but  presently  there 
will  come  a  time  when  she  will  be  sur- 
prised to  find  herself  grown  old  —  a 
country  crowded,  strained,  perplexed 
—  when  she  will  be  obliged  to  fall  back 
upon  her  conservatism,  obliged  to  pull 
herself  together,  adopt  a  new  regimen 
of  life,  husband  her  resources,  concen- 
trate her  strength,  steady  her  methods. 


sober  her  views,  restrict  her  vagaries, 
trust  her  best,  not  her  average  mem- 
bers. That  will  be  the  time  of  change." 

If  I  am  correct,  the  future  of  private 
higher  education  depends  on  no  less. 


The  writer  is  inec  president  for  administra- 
tion and  finanee  at  Brown.  Prior  to  return- 
ing to  the  cantpms  in  1977,  he  headed  the 
Consortium  on  Financing  Higher  Educa- 
tion. 


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Not  too  long  ago,  students  used  to  get  upset  when 
Dow  Chemical  or  the  CIA  came  to  recruit  on  cam- 
pus. Now  it's  Playboy.  The  dean  of  skin  magazines 
is  scaling  the  Ivy  walls  looking  for  models  for  an  upcoming 
photo  layout  on  Ivy  League  women,  and  being  welcomed  as 
if  this  were  Iiivafio)i  of  the  Body  Simtchcrs.  Read  on.  .  .  . 

The  aliens  (in  the  form  of  a  Playboy  photographer  and  his 
assistant)  first  landed  at  Harvard,  where  theCriinson  decided 
their  ad  was  sexist  and  refused  to  run  it.  No  problem:  they 
took  out  an  ad  in  the  Boston  Globe,  word  got  around,  and 
fifty  Harvard  women,  plus  thirty  impostors,  showed  up. 
Next  stop  was  Brown,  where  the  Bnmm  Daily  Herald  upheld 
the  tradition  of  journalistic  impartiality  (and  advertising  rev- 
enue) and  printed  their  ad,  to  wit:  "Playboy  is  scanning  the 
Ivy  League  for  a  cross  section  of  women  for  the  upcoming 
September  1979  issue.  For  mcire  information,  call  ..."  etc. 

Campus  feminists  were  outraged.  A  group  calling  itself 
BEWARE  (Brown  Educated  Women  Against  Rape  and 
Exploitation)  began  passing  out  leaflets  protesting  Playboy's 
inherent  sexism  and  the  BDH's  complicity  in  perpetrating  it. 
An  indignant  letter  to  the  6DH,  signed  by  BEWARE,  Women 
of  Brown  United,  Coalition  of  Students  Against  Violence, 
and  Gay  Women  of  Brown  labeled  the  Playboy  ad  "sexist, 
misleading,  and  harmful."  It  went  on  to  say:  "Playboy  would 
portray  Brown  as  having  admitted  its  female  students  for 
their  bodies,  not  for  their  maturity,  intelligence,  or  creativity. 
.  .  .  Beyond  slandering  us  as  Brown  students  and  as  women, 
the  idea  behind  the  ad  sets  us  all  up  as  targets  for  sexual  vio- 
lence." 

Sexual  politics  makes  strange  bedfellows.  Providence 
police  chief  Angelo  Ricci,  who  represents  the  sort  of  old- 
fashioned  windmill  that  Playboy  is  still  tilting  at,  made  a  name 
for  himself  last  year  hv  raiding  the  Rhode  Island  School  of 
Design's  "Private  Parts"  exhibit  under  the  state's  new  anti- 
obscenity  law.  When  Ricci  got  wind  that  P/rtyboy  was  in  town 
he  threatened,  like  Marshal  Dillon  defending  Dodge  City,  to 
have  the  photographer  arrested  if  he  dared  to  photograph 
any  naked  women  within  the  city  limits.  "If  I  think  it  is 
morally  wrong  and  I  can  get  the  law  to  back  me  up,  I'll  go 
after  him,"  Ricci  warned. 

The  calm  at  the  center  of  this  storm  was  David  Chan,  a 
small,  wiry,  unflappable  Chinese-Canadian  who  has  been  a 
Playboy  photographer  for  fourteen  years.  Chan,  like  his  em- 
ployer, appears  to  relish  covertly  the  opposition  of  feminists 
and  old-line  moralists,  if  only  for  the  publicity  it  creates.  "I 
think  the  controversy  is  great,"  he  said  blandly.  "It  gets 
people  thinking  about  these  things.  It's  good  for  the  student 
body,  and  it's  good  for  us  since  the  majority  agrees  with 
what  we're  doing."  The  publicity,  certainly,  was  everything 
he  could  have  wanted:  not  only  did  papers  all  over  the  coun- 
try pick  up  the  AP  and  UPI  stories  on  Playboy's  invasion  of 
the  Ivy  League,  but  Chan  was  interviewed  by  almost  all  of 
the  Providence  media  during  the  five  days  he  held  court  at 
the  Marriott  downtown.  By  comparison,  Jimmy  Carter's 


swing  through  the  city  last  year  caused  hardly  a  ripple. 

Undaunted  by  feminist  dissuasion  and  constabulary 
threats,  over  100  Brown  women  responded  to  the  Playboy  ad 
and  called  Chan  for  an  appointment.  They  were  asked  to 
wear  "revealing"  clothing  and  bring  snapshots  of  them- 
selves. The  day  we  visited  Chan,  we  were  mildly  surprised  tc 
find  the  door  to  his  hotel  suite  wide  open  and  three  fully 
clothed  young  women  sitting  around  a  coffee  table  (stacked 
with  copies  of  Playboy)  chatting  with  him.  Their  names  were 
Amy,  Sue,  and  Laurie,  they  were  all  sophomores,  and  they 
were  all  perfectly  serious  about  being  in  Playboy.  But  only 
with  their  clothes  on.  Everyone  was  allowed  to  choose  how 
much  she  wanted  to  reveal,  and  the  fees  are  staggered  ac- 
cordingly: $300  for  posing  nude,  $200  semi-nude,  and  $100 
fully  clothed.  Only  about  25  percent  of  the  Brown  women 
he'd  seen  were  willing  to  pose  nude,  Chan  told  us.  As  Amy 
put  it,  "Most  Ivy  League  women  are  going  out  into  the  busi- 
ness and  professional  world,  and  you  don't  know  if  people 
could  use  it  against  you."  Laurie,  on  the  other  hand,  wants 
to  go  into  communications  and  thought  the  exposure  might 
be  helpful  —  "I  see  it  as  an  advertisement  for  myself." 

Why  a  feature  on  Ivy  League  women?  "There's  a  mys- 
tique about  Ivy  women,  that  the  average  person  can't  get 
near  them,"  Chan  said.  "We  want  to  show  that  they're  pretty 
nice."  And  the  three  women  present  seemed  eager  to  show 
the  world  that  they  had  more  than  just  brains.  "I  go  to  Brown 
because  I'm  proud  of  my  mind,  and  I  want  to  be  in  Playboy 
because  I'm  proud  of  my  body,"  Amy  said.  The  other  two 
nodded  emphatically. 

What  would  their  parents  think?  "My  mom  thinks  it's 
great,  and  so  does  my  grandmother,"  Amy  laughed.  "My 
dad  said  he  didn't  think  I'd  have  much  of  a  chance."  Sue 
said,  "My  mom's  attitude  is  'If  you've  got  it,  flaunt  it.'  My 
dad's  the  type  who  would  worry  that  it  might  be  used 
against  me."  But  she  hadn't  told  her  parents,  and  neither 
had  Laurie,  who  guessed  that  "they  wouldn't  tremendously 
approve."  However,  none  of  them  had  gotten  any  flak  from 
their  peers;  on  the  contrar\'.  Sue  said,  "Everyone's  for  it, 
especially  the  guys.  All  week  long  I've  heard,  'Hey,  Sue,  you 
going  down  to  the  Marriott  today?'  "  They  dismissed  the 
BEWARE  campaign  as  "crazy."  So  much  for  consciousness- 
raising. 

With  two  schools  down  and  six  to  go,  AP  conducted  a 
poll  of  Ivy  newspaper  editors  to  see  which  lead  they'd  follow 
—  Harvard's  or  Brown's.  Yale  and  Columbia  said  they  prob- 
ably wouldn't  run  the  Playboy  ad;  Dartmouth,  Penn,  and 
Princeton  (which  has  a  woman  editor)  said  they  probably 
would,  and  Cornell  abstained.  Chan,  unfazed,  plans  to  be 
back  in  early  spring  to  photograph  the  four  or  five  finalists 
he'll  pick  from  each  school.  Nothing  sensational  —  no  nudes 
reclining  on  "Bridge-Prop"  or  sitting  astride  Marcus  Aure- 
lius's  horse  —  just  some  nice,  intimate  dorm-room  shots. 

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